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"Of me?" said Camors, whose lips were slightly tremulous. "Poor child, I hope not!" and rapidly withdrew. Madame de Camors and Madame de Tecle had learned, the previous morning, of the death of the General. The evening of the Count's arrival they did not speak to him on the subject, and were cautious not to make any allusion to it.
Camors immediately recognized the white hair and heavy black eyebrows as the same he had seen bending over the violin the night before. "Uncle," said Madame de Tecle, introducing the young Count by a wave of the hand: "This is Monsieur de Camors."
He immediately left the salon and the chateau; he reached the railway station on foot, and that evening arrived at Reuilly. Something terrible there awaited him. During his absence, Madame de Camors, accompanied by her mother, had gone to Paris to make some purchases. She remained there three days. She had returned only that morning. He himself arrived late in the evening.
The Viscountess, in order to fit herself for her new position, resolved to enlighten herself. She attended public lectures and conferences, which began to be fashionable. She spoke easily about spontaneous generation. She manifested a lively surprise when Camors, who delighted in tormenting her, deigned to inform her that men were descended from monkeys.
That is pure truth!" cried M. des Rameures, gayly. "Did you hear that, niece?" "Yes, uncle." "And did you understand it, niece?" "No, uncle." "I do not believe you, my dear! I do not believe you!" The old man laughed heartily. "Do not believe her, Monsieur de Camors; women have the faculty of understanding compliments in every language."
It must not be forgotten that she dreamed of securing for her son Sigismund the succession to her old friend; and she foresaw a dangerous rivalry the germ of which she sought to destroy. To awaken the distrust of the General toward Camors, so as to cause his doors to be closed against him, was all she meditated.
The Comte de Camors began a suit to recover it before the tribunal of the Council of State, but compromised it for an annuity of thirty thousand francs. This stopped at his death. He enjoyed, besides, several fat sinecures, which his name, his social rank, and his personal address secured him from some of the great insurance companies.
Love, mystery, fortune-she wished to preserve them all at any price; and the more she reflected, the more the marriage of Camors appeared to her the surest safeguard. It was true, it would give her a sort of rival. But she had too high an opinion of herself to fear anything; and she preferred Mademoiselle de Tecle to any other, because she knew her, and regarded her as an inferior in everything.
She laughed, and showed her little silver pencil-case, which had a pen at one end, with which she had scratched her forehead in her abstraction. The attention of Camors was redoubled from this moment the more so from a rapid and significant glance from the Marquise, which seemed to warn him of an approaching event.
De Camors, on leaving college had entered upon life with a heart swelling with the virtues of youth confidence, enthusiasm, sympathy.
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