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Updated: May 11, 2025
And Pascal felt almost certain that he was fully prepared for any emergency. That morning, before leaving home, he had dressed with extreme care, realizing that the shabby clothes he had worn on his first visit to the Trigault mansion would not be appropriate on such an occasion as this.
His negligent attitude and his careless tone were admirably assumed, but a shrewd observer would not have been deceived by them, or by the indifferent manner in which he added: "You bring me some money from Baron Trigault?" Pascal shook his head, as he replied: "I regret to say that I don't, Monsieur le Marquis."
It must be admitted that he was indebted to his mother alone for his escape from suicide that grim madness that seizes hold of so many desperate, despairing men. And it was still to his mother the incomparable guardian of his honor that he owed his resolution on the morning he applied to Baron Trigault. And his courage met with its first reward.
It is to offer one's self as a victim to every perfidy, to the basest treason and ingratitude. The man who spoke in this fashion was Baron Trigault. He did not allow me to finish my story. 'Enough! he suddenly exclaimed, 'follow me! A cab was passing, he made us get in, and an hour later we were in a comfortable room, beside a blazing fire, with a generously spread table before us.
People say, 'That great Baron Trigault is never without cards in his hands! But you know very well that I really hold gambling in horror that I loathe it. But when I play, I sometimes forget for I must forget. I tried drink, but it wouldn't drown thought, so I had recourse to cards; and when the stakes are large, and my fortune is imperilled, I sometimes lose consciousness of my misery!"
There are also costumes Trigault, for the witty, elegant baroness has a host of admirers who follow her everywhere, and loudly sing her praises. This is what I, a plain, honest man, read every day in the newspapers.
"I inquired, because I think of buying a house." And repeating the name of Trigault several times to impress it upon his memory he darted off on his errand. It might be supposed that his unexpected success had delighted him, but, on the contrary, it rendered him even more exacting. The letter he carried burned his pocket like a red-hot iron.
Suddenly all the guests scattered about the various drawing-rooms poured into the main hall, and the doors were closed. Then, with a solemnity of manner which no one had ever seen him display before, Baron Trigault took the so-called Maumejan by the hand and led him into the centre of the apartment opposite the lofty chimney-piece.
And a poignant regret came to her heart when she remembered her own mother, Baroness Trigault, and compared her with this matchless woman. Meanwhile the cab had passed the outer boulevards, and was now whirling along the Route d'Asnieres, as fast as the horse could drag it. "We are almost there," remarked Madame Ferailleur, speaking for the first time.
The servant called one of his colleagues. "Eh! Florestan is the baron receiving?" "The baroness hasn't forbidden it." This seemed to satisfy the footman; for, turning to Pascal he said: "In that case, you can follow me." The sumptuous interior of the Trigault mansion was on a par with its external magnificence.
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