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A few days ago, a lady complimented him on his good humor, and the charming equability of his nature. "Ah! madame," he said, "I pay dear for my liveliness in my lonely evenings." "Are you ever alone?" she said. "No," he replied smiling. If a judicious observer of human nature could have seen at that moment the expression on the Comte de Sucy's face, he would perhaps have shuddered.
Not very long ago a lady complimented him upon his good humor and equable temper. "Ah! madame," he answered, "I pay very dearly for my merriment in the evening if I am alone." "Then, you are never alone, I suppose." "No," he answered, smiling. If a keen observer of human nature could have seen the look that Sucy's face wore at that moment, he would, without doubt, have shuddered.
He did not finish the sentence, for the treachery of the northeast wind that whistled about them froze Major Philip's lips, and the aide-de-camp kept moving for fear of being frost-bitten. Silence soon prevailed, scarcely broken by the groans of the wounded in the barn, or the stifled sounds made by M. de Sucy's horse crunching on the frozen bark with famished eagerness.
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