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If you were sick and in bed, would your priest be nothing to you then? 'But I am quite well, Father Gondin. 'Well in health; but sick in spirit, as I am sure you must own. And I must explain to you, my dear, that this is a matter in which your religious duty is specially in question. You have been betrothed, you know, to M. Urmand.
But George did not encourage her to make the attempt. No more was said about it; but early on the following morning, or in truth long before the morning had dawned, George had started upon his journey, following his father and M. Urmand in their route over the mountain.
The doing this would be very bitter to him, because it would be necessary that he should humble himself before the scented shiny head of the little man: but Michel knew that it must be so. Urmand had been undoubtedly ill-treated among them, and the apology for that ill-treatment must be made by the chief of the family himself. 'I suppose I might as well go to him alone, said Michel, groaning.
It went this morning, and you must see it. 'A letter to Urmand, he said, as he took the paper suspiciously into his hands. 'Yes, Uncle Michel. I was obliged to write it. It is the truth, and I was obliged to let him know it. I am afraid you will be angry with me, and turn me away; but I cannot help it. The letter was as follows: 'The Hotel Lion d'Or, Granpere, October 1, 186-.
Just say that there is nothing wrong, and that will be sufficient. She stood silent, not having a word to say to him. 'You know what I mean, Marie. You intend to marry Adrian Urmand? 'I suppose so, said Marie in a low whisper. 'Look here, Marie, if there be any doubt about it, we will part, and for ever. You shall never look upon my face again.
But that one thing is everything. Here I've been doing the best I could for both of you, striving to put you upon your legs, and make you a man and her a woman, and this is the return I get! 'But what would you have had me do? 'What would I have had you do? Not come here and oppose me in everything. 'But when this Adrian Urmand 'I am sick of Adrian Urmand, said Michel Voss.
Marie had thought of that also, and was aware that she must lose no time in making her purpose known, so that articles which would be unnecessary might not be purchased. On that very morning, while the men had been up in the mountain, she had sat with her aunt hemming sheets; intended as an addition to the already overflowing stock possessed by M. Urmand.
'I am not his keeper; not his, and Michel put a special accent on the last word, by which he implied that though he was not the keeper of Adrian Urmand, he was the keeper of somebody else. George stood awhile, hesitating, by his father's side, and as he stood he saw through the window of the billiard-room the figure of Urmand, who was watching them.
He did not stop for a moment to think how much of truth there might be in his son's statement. He would not even allow himself to remember that he had forced Adrian Urmand as a suitor upon his niece. He had had his qualms of conscience upon that matter, and it was possible that they might return to him. But he would not stop now to look at that side of the question.
Urmand walked up to her, and they touched each other's hand; but Marie said never a word. The frown on Michel's brow was very black, but Marie went on dispensing her soup.
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