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Mme. de Cliche was with their parent in fact she had three days in the week for coming to the Cours la Reine; she sat near him in the firelight, telling him presumably her troubles, for, Maxime de Cliche having proved not quite the pearl they had originally supposed, Mme. de Brecourt knew what Marguerite did whenever she took that little ottoman and drew it close to the paternal chair: she gave way to her favourite vice, that of dolefulness, which lengthened her long face more: it was unbecoming if she only knew it.
And here," continues the envoy, "he broke into a weeping, whereunto, besides the dolefulness of the matter, I think, he was moche provoked by seeing the whole company to do the lyke before; there beyng in myne opinion not one man in the whole assemblie, stranger or another, that dewring the time of a good piece of his oration poured not out as abundantly teares, some more, some lesse.
So I stood confused, casting about for a reply with truth in it, when Comyn broke in upon us. "I'll warrant you did not look for her here, Richard. Faith, but you are a lucky dog," said my Lord, shaking his head in mock dolefulness; "for there is no man in London, in the world, for whom she would descend a flight of steps, save you.
However, there is something naïve in the stories they tell of her. I feel as if I might get on with her. But the Squire! And the Rector, having laid down his pipe, took to studying his boots with a certain dolefulness.
"Not in her, not in her!" the younger lady declared, shaking her head with a dolefulness that was neither jocular not affected. "I don't know what to do with her; she has fits of horrid imprudence. She is so easily tired and yet she has begun to roam to drag herself about the house."
Besides, she did admire him, and that, after all, is the great thing. "Then why say such things, Grizel?" he replied good-naturedly. "But if they are true?" "Still let us avoid them," said he; and at that she was most distressed. "It is so like what you used to say when you were a boy!" she cried. "You are so anxious to have me grow up," he replied, with proper dolefulness.
But, there, I believe you are never so happy as when you are miserable. And it's a poor creature you would be at any time," added the old lady to herself, after a second thoughtful investigation of Miss Landale's countenance, which had assumed an expression of mulishness in addition to an increase of dolefulness during this homily.
He confided to me privately that he feared his trousers would not last such jolting many days; but his dolefulness, like a bit of minor in a sparkling melody, only made our jollity more radiant.
Indeed all I have been doing was to get him to moderate his dolefulness. I believe he thinks me a sort of heathen. 'Well, said Mr. Audley, laughing, 'you don't seem to have taken the line of the model head of the family. 'The poor boys were both so wretched, that one could not say a word to make it worse, said Felix. 'This satisfies me that Fulbert is all right in that way.
And here," continues the envoy, "he broke into a weeping, whereunto, besides the dolefulness of the matter, I think, he was moche provoked by seeing the whole company to do the lyke before; there beyng in myne opinion not one man in the whole assemblie, stranger or another, that dewring the time of a good piece of his oration poured not out as abundantly teares, some more, some lesse.
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