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That she had the right-mindedness to respect and esteem such men as Theodore Beza, Merlin, &c., who treated her with great regard, but never cringed, had not become known to the rest. Let her have once pronounced against poor little Esperance Gardon, and public disgrace would be a matter of certainty.
For three days I have been wandering about in this untenable situation. We must make a decision. Every instant I fear an outbreak either from Albert or from the Duke." "How have Esperance and the Duke contrived to see each other?" "I will tell you all that uncle, later, but the how and the why are not very important at this moment. I want you to send for Albert.
"He did not even call here until he had written to papa and obtained his full permission to do so." "Zuleika," said Espérance, approaching his sister and taking her hand, "no doubt Giovanni Massetti has conducted himself in all respects toward you like a perfect gentleman, but, nevertheless, he is not fit to be my sister's husband." "But papa "
Esperance would recount all the little events of the day before and her studies for the day to come. Whenever she felt any doubt about an ambiguous phrase, she went at once to get her father's advice upon it. Sometimes Genevieve Hardouin would drop in to talk with her and Mlle. Frahender.
Esperance passed through them and stood in a corridor, but there was a sheet of plate glass still between him and Jane. This glass he broke with his clenched hands, and Esperance sprang at the throat of Danglars and threw him to the other end of the room. Then, taking Jane in his arms, he cried: "Jane! my beloved do you not hear me? I am Monte-Cristo." "Monte-Cristo!" repeated a hoarse voice.
With the help of Jean and Maurice, he dispersed the guests and led Esperance to her fiancee. At that moment anyone who had suspected the Duke of intentions to flirt with the plighted girl, must have abandoned their idea; and the motive of the duel, which was to bring one of these two perfect gentlemen to his death, became more and more obscure.
And if the Duke should love her enough to offer to marry her!" "You think that likely?" "What can resist love? Tell me that." And her beautiful eyes, swimming with tears, looked anxiously, trustingly into the young man's face. "I tell you what I truly believe. And that is, that Esperance loves the Duke." The young painter meditated for a long time. "Come on, we must go back," he said finally.
The maid, helping her to undress, exclaimed, "How grand it was this evening, Mademoiselle, and what a fine young gentleman!" Esperance shrugged her shoulders disdainfully. Marguerite, coming in to see that the young mistress whom she adored wanted nothing, could not help saying, "Ah! Mademoiselle, what talent he has, that young Count! How well you two did look, your backs, sitting side by side!
She had a strong desire to get out-doors, even if only for a half-hour. As they turned into the square, Esperance stopped, clutching her aged friend by the arm. "Look there," she said. There were two men side by side in deep conversation. Esperance had instantly recognized Count Albert and her godfather. How did Adhemar Meydieux happen to know the Secretary of the Legation?
Nothing can take us back to Phoebus or to Pan. Nothing can again identify us with the simple natural earth. 'Une immense espérance a traversé la terre, and these chapels, with their deep significances, lurk in the fair landscape like the cares of real life among our dreams of art, or like a fear of death and the hereafter in the midst of opera music. It is a strange contrast.
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