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Updated: June 4, 2025


Her aunt thought that the marriage should be settled for the earliest possible day, though she never quite expressed her thoughts. Madame Voss, though she did not generally obtain much credit for clear seeing, had a clearer insight to the state of her niece's mind than had her husband. She still believed that Marie's heart was not with Adrian Urmand.

Her aunt, indeed, and M. le Cure had, ever since the plighting of her troth to M. Urmand, spoken of the matter in her presence, as though the wedding were a thing already nearly done; not suggesting by the tenor of their speech that any one could wish in any case to make a change, but pointing out incidentally that any change was now out of the question.

Edmond at once understood that his news was regarded as being important, and made the most of it. 'O dear, yes. It was settled last week when he was there. 'But who is he? 'Adrian Urmand, the linen-buyer from Basle. 'Marie to be married to Adrian Urmand?

In this way the mind of Michel Voss had been forced into strong hostility against the idea of a marriage between Marie and his son, and had filled itself with the spirit of a partisan on the side of Adrian Urmand. But now, as things had gone, he had been made very unhappy by the state of his own mind, and consequently was beginning to feel a great dislike for the merchant from Basle.

It was perfectly clear to her that in accordance with her reception of Urmand at the first moment of their meeting, so must be her continued conduct towards him, till he should leave her, or else take her away with him.

I came over, and was very angry because she was cold to me. She would not promise that there should be no such engagement; but there was none then. You see I will tell you everything as it occurred. 'She is at any rate engaged to Adrian Urmand now, and for all our sakes you are bound not to interfere. 'But yet I must tell my story.

'There certainly shall be none on my part, said George. 'I don't know what M. Urmand's feelings may be. 'O dear, no; nothing of the kind, said Urmand. 'But I don't exactly see what we are to talk about. Michel, however, paid no attention to this, but walked slowly out of the room. 'I really don't know what there is to say, continued Urmand, as he knocked the balls about with his cue.

In her present frame of mind Marie would have cooked ortolans for him had he wished for them. And while Urmand was eating his omelet and thinking of his wrongs, Michel Voss and his son were standing together at the stable door. Michel had been there some time before his son had joined him, and when George came up to him he put out his hand almost furtively.

In the afternoon Adrian Urmand was taken out for a drive to the ravine by Madame Voss. They both, no doubt, felt that this was very tedious; but they were by nature patient quite unlike Michel Voss or Marie and each of them was aware that there was a duty to be done.

'That she can; and manage a house better than any girl I ever saw. You ask her aunt. 'I know what her aunt thinks of her. Madame Voss says that neither you nor she can afford to part with her. Michel Voss was silent for a moment. It was dusk, and no one could see him as he brushed a tear from each eye with the back of his hand. 'I'll tell you what, Urmand, it will break my heart to lose her.

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