Chapter

  1 I     |        fail to have observed that Rosalie was the only offspring of
  2 III   |         the hand, of Mademoiselle Rosalie de Watteville.~ ~In 1830,
  3 III   |           in~business as a dandy, Rosalie was but fourteen. Hence,
  4 III   |         three per cents, in 1830. Rosalie's dowry would therefore,
  5 III   |          and prudish Baroness.~To Rosalie our Cato affected prodigality;
  6 III   |          Besancon regarded him as~Rosalie de Watteville's future husband.
  7 III   |        her rigidly to principles. Rosalie knew~absolutely nothing.
  8 III   | embroidery, netting. At~seventeen Rosalie had never read anything
  9 IV    |         of her dress from~thence. Rosalie had never worn a pair of
 10 IV    |           modest demeanor, hid in Rosalie a spirit~of iron. Physiologists
 11 IV    |          She was so~severe to her Rosalie, that she replied one day
 12 IV    |          but she~labored in vain. Rosalie showed no symptoms of rebellion.
 13 IV    |         of perfect insensibility. Rosalie knew~her mother well enough
 14 IV    |           their parents to reduce Rosalie to~passive obedience.~ ~
 15 IV    |       daughter, confessed to him. Rosalie, a little too~much harried,
 16 IV    |         subject of~admonition.~ ~"Rosalie, I cannot imagine why you
 17 IV    |         hours and three-quarters. Rosalie noted the~time. Her mother,
 18 IV    |       sent her to her room, where Rosalie~pondered on the meaning
 19 IV    |       Savarus is noble," answered Rosalie.~ ~"Enough, that will do,
 20 VI    |         all the greater charm for Rosalie because there was a~romance
 21 VI    |      which curiosity, so eager at Rosalie's age, goes~forth to meet
 22 VI    |               What is the matter, Rosalie; you are eating nothing?"~ ~"
 23 VI    |      lawsuit quite settled?" said~Rosalie point-blank to the Vicar-General,
 24 VI    |          dear child?" she said to Rosalie,~with an affected sweetness
 25 VI    |          could have believed that Rosalie would think about a lawsuit~
 26 VI    |               Nor I either," said Rosalie, in a dreamy way that made
 27 VI    |           All~through the evening Rosalie listened in case Albert
 28 VI    |        she had hitherto met with, Rosalie at once jumped at the idea
 29 VI    |         this profound meditation,~Rosalie thought she would go to
 30 VI    |         derived from~this scheme, Rosalie said, as she kissed him, "
 31 VI    |     descendant~of the Rupts.~ ~So Rosalie had a certain prospect of
 32 VII   |           looked for arrived, and Rosalie dressed with~such carefulness
 33 VII   |              It strikes me," said Rosalie, with a glance at Mariette,
 34 VII   |            and through the~gates, Rosalie's heart beat, as everybody'
 35 VII   |        all~the more impression on Rosalie because his mien, his walk,
 36 VII   |        till now gloomy, seemed to Rosalie to be~illuminated. The girl
 37 VII   | devastating or absorbing~thought. Rosalie now understood the Vicar-General'
 38 VII   |         itself in sudden flashes.~Rosalie, with a recklessness which
 39 VII   |    Monsieur~Giroud," it seemed to Rosalie that the interview had lasted
 40 VII   |          smart of this new desire Rosalie set the stitches of her~
 41 VII   |        made--"~ ~"Do you presume, Rosalie, to guide your parents,
 42 VII   |       floor should be of asphalt. Rosalie suggested a~hanging chandelier
 43 VIII  |                 VIII~"Papa," said Rosalie, "a /Review/ is published
 44 VIII  |            eager to obey his dear Rosalie, who for the~last five months
 45 VIII  |           the course of the night Rosalie devoured the tale--the~first
 46 VIII  |          what she had heard said, Rosalie had by intuition conceived~
 47 XIV   |          reading of the kind that Rosalie had ever had~the chance
 48 XIV   |            Here~lay the secret of Rosalie's terrible agitation, of
 49 XIV   |    persons and perhaps of places. Rosalie was~possessed by infernal
 50 XIV   |            In Jerome's~accomplice Rosalie at once recognized Mariette
 51 XV    |         readers, it was not so to Rosalie, though she derived~from
 52 XV    |        often indeed~by a gesture! Rosalie got into bed again, not
 53 XV    |          her mother~was not well--Rosalie took the maid's arm, which
 54 XV    |      improvements she planned."~ ~Rosalie could feel how Mariette
 55 XV    |               I wish you no ill," Rosalie went on. "Be quite easy;
 56 XV    |          me--"~ ~"But then," said Rosalie, "why meet at night?"~ ~
 57 XV    |        silence for silence," said Rosalie. "I will not~marry Monsieur
 58 XV    |        that?" thought Mariette.~ ~Rosalie, whose soul, brain, and
 59 XV    |           noble birth!" exclaimed Rosalie, dropping the~letter.~ ~"
 60 XVII  |       wife.--Yours,~"ALBERT."~ ~ ~Rosalie read this letter twice through,
 61 XVII  |      Mariette, on coming to dress Rosalie for an evening party,~handed
 62 XVII  |      After concealing the~letter, Rosalie went downstairs to accompany
 63 XVII  |       other~seventeen and a half. Rosalie looked upon her two friends
 64 XVII  |          I not your wife?"~ ~When Rosalie was in bed she opened the
 65 XVIII |          How he loves her!" cried Rosalie, dropping the letter, which
 66 XIX   |         the storms of her passion Rosalie often listened to~the voice
 67 XIX   |          not even look at me."~ ~"Rosalie, my child, what are you
 68 XIX   |     slippers for the Baron.~ ~ ~ ~Rosalie spent the winter of 1834-
 69 XIX   |     observation~struck Savarus.~ ~Rosalie, on her part, had made up
 70 XIX   |     stamped with genius, by which~Rosalie achieved her end without
 71 XIX   |         every~one must exclaim as Rosalie did.~ ~"We owe that," said
 72 XX    |           four hundred in length.~Rosalie soon found herself at the
 73 XX    |              Look at what?" asked Rosalie.~ ~"Oh, nothing!" exclaimed
 74 XX    |           a sop to his people."~ ~Rosalie had presence of mind enough
 75 XX    |             My dear father," said Rosalie, as they got into the boat
 76 XX    |     desire you to do it," replied Rosalie, knowing as she~did from
 77 XX    |        how much tact and subtlety~Rosalie must have employed in an
 78 XX    |      kiosk?"~ ~"Yes, Mademoiselle Rosalie," replied the Abbe de Grancey. "
 79 XX    |           to get him here!" cried Rosalie to herself, standing in
 80 XX    |        matter that you stay here, Rosalie?" asked her mother,~interrupting
 81 XX    |          a foe to thought?" asked Rosalie.~ ~"Then you were thinking?"
 82 XX    |          observed."~ ~"Why?" said Rosalie.~ ~"It is time," said the
 83 XXI   |                               XXI~Rosalie, as white as a lily, made
 84 XXI   |           the country together.~ ~Rosalie, who was intimate with the
 85 XXI   |          But this did not satisfy Rosalie. She sent the Prefet of
 86 XXI   |      instructions, he~burnt it.~ ~Rosalie aimed at preventing Albert'
 87 XXI   |   ordinary vitality is suspended. Rosalie fully understood~how much
 88 XXIV  |           Monsieur de Savarus."~ ~Rosalie shot a side glance at Madame
 89 XXIV  |          went to the window where Rosalie was hidden, and exclaimed~
 90 XXIV  |           seen.~ ~"Jerome!" cried Rosalie, seeing the servant in the
 91 XXIV  |          effectually concealed on Rosalie's face~that the Vicar-General
 92 XXIV  |  Vauchelles, the Abbe de Grancey, Rosalie,~Amedee de Soulas, and a
 93 XXIV  |       such a position as to watch Rosalie, whose face, usually~pale,
 94 XXIV  |           read the letter; he saw Rosalie suddenly turn as~white as
 95 XXIV  |          had met three~looks from Rosalie which were enough to make
 96 XXV   |         room, he was overtaken by Rosalie, who said:~ ~"Monsieur de
 97 XXV   |         gives up the election."~ ~Rosalie put her finger to her lip.~ ~"
 98 XXV   |           on the carriage?" asked Rosalie.~ ~"I do not know," said
 99 XXV   |         to Abbe de Grancey?" said Rosalie.~ ~"It was Monsieur Girardet,
100 XXV   |           the Vicar-~General; but Rosalie, better informed than either
101 XXVI  |          time.~ ~"It is time that Rosalie should be married," said
102 XXVI  |         said he.~ ~"We will marry Rosalie to Monsieur de Soulas; if
103 XXVI  |           les Rouxey out and out. Rosalie is fond of les~Rouxey."~ ~"
104 XXVI  |         am fond of les Rouxey."~ ~Rosalie, at once sent for, was informed
105 XXVI  | Mademoiselle de Watteville," said Rosalie with firm~decision. "My
106 XXVI  |          s part, went so far that Rosalie and her father~were obliged
107 XXVI  |         thousand francs, and that Rosalie and her father were~building
108 XXVI  |         told that, away from her, Rosalie showed masterly~qualities,
109 XXVI  |          daughter.~ ~"That little Rosalie has a head on her shoulders,"
110 XXVI  |    stopped at once by a sign from Rosalie. The~strange girl took Monsieur
111 XXVI  |           How?" asked the Abbe.~ ~Rosalie was about to reply, when
112 XXVI  |          She took an aversion for Rosalie,~abandoning herself to grief
113 XXVI  |          lived in savage silence. Rosalie was~suffering from real
114 XXVI  |           beautiful letters which Rosalie kept back.~ ~After several
115 XXVI  |          them to such perfection. Rosalie, writing in Albert's name,
116 XXVII |         her teeth?"~ ~"Yes," said Rosalie.~ ~"Well, I know her," Monsieur
117 XXVII |           going to~your mother--" Rosalie shook her head fiercely.~ ~"
118 XXVII |        hope for justification."~ ~Rosalie promised to obey the Abbe,
119 XXVIII|          he showed this letter to Rosalie, who, with a pious impulse,~
120 XXVIII|     mother's happiness," retorted Rosalie.~ ~"Satan!" exclaimed the
121 XXVIII|        Paris,~whither she went by Rosalie's advice, the girl making
122 XXVIII|          the Baron de Watteville.~Rosalie encouraged her mother to
123 XXVIII|         them in order to diminish~Rosalie's share, Mademoiselle de
124 XXVIII|          rents, and~preserves. So Rosalie and her mother, who soon
125 XXVIII|        the month of February 1838 Rosalie, who was eagerly courted
126 XXVIII|           with perennial remorse. Rosalie gave herself up to~the most
127 XXVIII|          A young man, prompted by~Rosalie, pointed her out to the
128 XXVIII|          The Duchess turned pale. Rosalie's eyes met hers with one
129 XXVIII|           anonymous note, sent by Rosalie to the Duchess, brought
130 XXVIII|          Duchess' beautiful face,~Rosalie went away; she went out