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Somers, with joyful astonishment, "is it possible that I have been under a mistake all this time? My dearest Emilie! now you are every thing I first thought you! Indeed, I could not think with patience of your making such a match; for M. de Brisac is a mere nothing worse than a mere nothing; a coxcomb, and a peevish coxcomb." "And how could you suspect me of loving such a man?" said Emilie.
On the contrary, I will only assure you, that I have penetration sufficient always to know your wishes, and activity enough to serve you effectually, even without being your confidante. I shall this night see a friend who is in power I will speak to him about M. de Brisac: I have hopes that his pension from our government may be doubled."
"At the time of the Duke of Weymar's death, says he, there was a grand negotiation on foot to know whether Brisac should be yielded to France. Grotius pressed the Prince to keep it; and the refusing to yield that place disgusted France. He died soon after, not without suspicion of poison.
"I wish it may, for his sake," said Emilie; "but certainly not for my own." "Oh! Mlle. de Coulanges! But I have no right to extort confidence. I will not, as I said before, utter a syllable that can imply reproach. Let me go on with what I was telling you of my intentions. As soon as the pension is doubled, I will speak to Mad. de Coulanges about M. de Brisac."
And you will acknowledge, Emilie, there was a want of sincerity, a want of candour, in your affected look of astonishment, when I mentioned M. de Brisac. I do not claim your confidence as a right God forbid! But if the warmest desire for your happiness, the most affectionate sympathy, can merit confidence But I will not say a word that can imply reproach.
"Ay, ay, that's it, Bob; you've paid it out without so much as a single kink; we mean to have her," responded a voice in the crowd. "Then three cheers for the skipper, and may he get us lots of prize- money," exhorted Bob, to the intense amusement of Captain Brisac; and the cheers were given with such energy that I have no doubt they were distinctly heard on board the Frenchman.
He now acted as if he were the sole sovereign in Europe, and as if all other princes were soon to become his vassals. Courts or chambers were erected in Metz and Brisac, for reuniting such territories as had ever been members of any part of his new conquests. They made inquiry into titles buried in the most remote antiquity.
Emilie, my sweet child! make me happy! I am miserable in this house. Hitherto you have ever been the best of daughters, and you shall find me the most indulgent of mothers. One whole month I will give you to change your mind, and recollect your duty. At the end of that time, I must see you Mad. de Brisac, and in a house of your own. In the house of Mrs. Somers I will not, I cannot longer remain."
Some of these, indeed, were pardoned, though their estates were confiscated, but five or six were publicly executed, and their bodies hung exposed to view on the market-place, as a hideous object-lesson of the cost of resisting Burgundian orders. One execution sufficed to render Ensisheim submissive, but Brisac proved more obstinate. The magistrates there did not resort to force.
Somers, bursting into a fit of laughter, which astonished Emilie beyond measure. "To M. de Brisac let her go 'tis the best thing she can possibly do, my dear; and seriously to tell you the truth, I have always thought it would be an excellent match.
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