Chapter

  1 I     |                         was that of the~Baronne de Watteville, to whom he was
  2 I     |                         of Besancon.~ ~Monsieur de Watteville, a descendant
  3 I     |                     nineteenth century Monsieur de Watteville was as gentle
  4 I     |                     house of Rupt. Mademoiselle de Rupt brought twenty~thousand
  5 I     |                        real estate of the Baron de Watteville. The Swiss~gentleman'
  6 I     |                        of a daughter all Madame~de Watteville's grandparents
  7 I     |                      estates wound up.~Monsieur de Watteville's house was then
  8 I     |                         they settled in the~Rue de la Prefecture in the fine
  9 I     |                       the Rue du Perron. Madame de Watteville,~devout as a
 10 I     |                       town.~ ~Monsieur le Baron de Watteville, a dry, lean
 11 I     |                         say "as~sharp as Madame de Watteville"), some wits
 12 I     |                       and the Rupts.~ ~Monsieur de Watteville spent his existence
 13 I     |                         small things. The Baron~de Watteville treasured shells
 14 I     |                    women,~would say of Monsieur de Watteville, "He has a noble
 15 I     |                      wines selected by~Monsieur de Watteville, who, to occupy
 16 I     |               throughout the~department. Madame de Watteville's fortune was
 17 I     |                        in consequence of Madame de Watteville's close~intimacy
 18 I     |                     entrance of Monsieur~l'Abbe de Grancey, who was announced.~ ~"
 19 I     |                        Besancon?" said Monsieur de Watteville, guilelessly.~ ~"
 20 I     |                     Besancon," replied the Abbe de Grancey.~ ~"Oh yes, Savaron,"
 21 I     |                         the~Baroness, and named de Soulas.~ ~"He spent five
 22 I     |                         me,"~continued Monsieur de Grancey, who had just reappeared
 23 I     |                         reappeared at the Hotel de~Rupt for the first time
 24 I     |                       this lawyer?" said Madame de Watteville. "I~never heard
 25 I     |                       the Comte," said Monsieur de Watteville.~ ~"So little
 26 I     |                        comes from," said Madame de Chavoncourt.~ ~"But who
 27 I     |                        who is he?" asked Madame de Watteville, taking the Abbe'
 28 I     |                         strange!" echoed Amedee de Soulas, whose biography
 29 II    |                       the famous song by Alfred de~Musset:~ ~Avez vou vu dans
 30 II    |                         Monsieur Amedee-Sylvain de Soulas, spelt Souleyas at
 31 II    |                      Spanish occupation. Amedee de Soulas is perhaps the only
 32 II    |                       Granvelle. Young Monsieur de Soulas was always talking
 33 II    |                     where it opens into the Rue de~la Prefecture.~ ~Young Monsieur
 34 II    |                    Prefecture.~ ~Young Monsieur de Soulas could not possibly
 35 II    |                         francs.~ ~Now, Monsieur de Soulas' father had left
 36 II    |              twenty-five sous.~ ~Young Monsieur de Soulas was supposed to be
 37 II    |                       you must know that Amedee de Soulas had been three~times
 38 II    |                        withdraw Monsieur Amedee de Soulas from circulation
 39 II    |                         precision.~Hence Amedee de Soulas was looked upon as
 40 II    | Clermont-Mont-Saint-Jean, the~Beauffremont, the de Scey, and the Gramont families,
 41 III   |                   complete.~ ~If young Monsieur de Soulas did not fall in the
 42 III   |                         of Mademoiselle Rosalie de Watteville.~ ~In 1830, at
 43 III   |                        time when young Monsieur de Soulas was setting up in~
 44 III   |                    Hence, in 1834,~Mademoiselle de Watteville had reached the
 45 III   |                  generally supposed that Madame de~Watteville, thinking she
 46 III   |                         to~flatter Mademoiselle de Watteville's conceit.~ ~
 47 III   |                  Watteville's conceit.~ ~Madame de Watteville was in the secret
 48 III   |                 Besancon quoted Monsieur Amedee de Soulas as the most charming
 49 III   |                        of the walk at the Hotel de Rupt, and all Besancon regarded
 50 III   |                         regarded him as~Rosalie de Watteville's future husband.
 51 III   |                       certainty.~ ~Mademoiselle de Watteville, to whom her
 52 III   |                      the precincts of the Hotel de Rupt--which her~mother rarely
 53 III   |                          she~accompanied Madame de Watteville to other houses
 54 III   |                        At eighteen Mademoiselle de Watteville was a slight,
 55 IV    |                  fashions; for through~Monsieur de Soulas she procured the
 56 IV    |                         faculty of the Marechal de Saxe, whose~natural granddaughter
 57 IV    |                       becomes a volcano. Madame de Watteville alone,~perhaps,
 58 IV    |                    nothing else to do. Clotilde de Rupt, at this time five-and-thirty,~
 59 IV    |                    strict propriety with Amedee de Soulas. When~this young
 60 IV    |                      had thought young~Monsieur de Soulas /nice/, she would
 61 IV    |                   reservations are the /chevaux de frise/~behind which weakness
 62 IV    |                   harried, morally, about young de Soulas, could not abide
 63 IV    |                     mean by that?" cried Madame de Watteville. "What is the~
 64 IV    |                        she. Thus young Monsieur de Soulas, who was supposed
 65 IV    |                       the worthy and noble Abbe de Grancey.~ ~ ~"Madame," said
 66 IV    |                          Madame," said Monsieur de Soulas, addressing the Baroness,
 67 IV    |                      famous," said Mademoiselle de Watteville, who~was strong
 68 IV    |                      man's son," replied Amedee de Soulas. "If~he wishes to
 69 IV    |                       family but a~Mademoiselle de Savarus, a rich heiress,
 70 IV    |                      but the~bastard of a Comte de Savarus is noble," answered
 71 IV    |                        heraldry," said Monsieur de Watteville,~"and she knows
 72 IV    |                          Go on, I beg, Monsieur de Soulas."~ ~"You may suppose
 73 V     |                       go to mass?" asked Madame de Chavoncourt.~ ~"He goes
 74 V     |                         learn all that?" Madame de Chavoncourt asked Monsieur
 75 V     |                      Chavoncourt asked Monsieur de~Soulas.~~ ~"In the first
 76 V     |                      come to Besancon, Monsieur de~Garcenault advised him to
 77 V     |                    extraordinary?" asked Madame de Chavoncourt.~ ~"Certainly,
 78 V     |                       us about it," said Madame de Watteville.~ ~"The first
 79 V     |                         saw him," said the Abbe de Grancey, "he received me~
 80 V     |                       colors!" exclaimed Madame de Watteville.~ ~"Yes," said
 81 V     |                  Besancon?" asked pretty Madame de Chavoncourt. "Could no one
 82 V     |                      and paid~him," said Madame de Watteville, watching her
 83 VI    |                        compared by Mademoiselle de~Watteville to that chubby
 84 VI    |                       solved.~ ~"Albert Savaron de Savarus," she repeated to
 85 VI    |                        phrases used by the Abbe de~Grancey, for all his words
 86 VI    |                         one fine one.--Monsieur de~Soulas' is too prominent;
 87 VI    |                         too prominent; Monsieur de Grancey's is fine, but he
 88 VI    |                      will see him."~ ~"Monsieur de Grancey, is the Chapter'
 89 VI    |                     moment of silence.~ ~Madame de Watteville exchanged rapid
 90 VI    |                        dinner," remarked Madame de Watteville.~ ~"Nor I either,"
 91 VI    |                        one~laugh. "But Monsieur de Grancey was so full of it,
 92 VI    |                     said about it. Mademoiselle de~Watteville impatiently looked
 93 VI    |                      brought on in Mademoiselle de~Watteville by the portrait
 94 VI    |                      Next morning, Mademoiselle de Watteville, while dressing,
 95 VI    |                     adjoining that of~the Hotel de Rupt.~ ~"What would have
 96 VI    |                       afraid!" replied Monsieur de Watteville, who groaned
 97 VII   |                        handsome to~Mademoiselle de Watteville in the frame
 98 VII   |                      taken a seat, Mademoiselle de Watteville quickly~found
 99 VII   |                    simplicity to deceive Madame de~Watteville.~ ~From that
100 VII   |                       Sunday, when Mademoiselle de Watteville had met that
101 VII   |                       father does," said Madame de Watteville~drily, "and it
102 VII   |                         only it amuses Monsieur de Watteville?"~ ~"Well, because
103 VII   |                         shall see into Monsieur de Soulas'~rooms, and Monsieur
104 VII   |                     Soulas'~rooms, and Monsieur de Soulas will see us when
105 VII   |                    excellent idea," said Madame de Watteville,~who forthwith
106 VII   |                        approbation to the Baron de Watteville's design,~while
107 VII   |                       not be seen from Monsieur de Soulas'~windows, but whence
108 VII   |                        of inlaid bark. Monsieur de Soulas~proposed that the
109 VII   |                       crowns!" exclaimed Madame de Chavoncourt.~ ~"Yes, a thousand
110 VII   |                   crowns," cried young Monsieur de Soulas. "A man has~been
111 VII   |                        be very~pretty. Monsieur de Watteville himself is making
112 VII   |                          replied young Monsieur de Soulas, "he is raising the
113 VII   |                        that house," said~Madame de Chavoncourt sourly, as she
114 VII   |                       year past.~ ~Mademoiselle de Watteville, with a little
115 VII   |                       that mid-winter at Madame de Chavoncourt's.~ ~
116 VIII  |                      lend it to me."~ ~Monsieur de Watteville, eager to obey
117 VIII  |                    filial affection,--~Monsieur de Watteville went in person
118 VIII  |                        to the critics of Madame de Chavoncourt's drawing-~room,
119 XIII  |            Lafin-de-Dieu, let to the Vicomtesse de~Beauseant. Prince Colonna
120 XIV   |                        bitter emphasis. "Claire de~Bourgogne, the last survivor
121 XIV   |                         rate, she is Vicomtesse de Beauseant; and she did not--"~ ~"
122 XIV   |                       here with Monsieur~Gaston de Nueil, you would say," replied
123 XIV   |                         narrative, Mademoiselle de Watteville's cheeks~were
124 XIV   |                       drawing-room of the Hotel de~Rupt. This enterprise, which
125 XIV   |                   enterprise, which to the Abbe de Grancey even would have~
126 XIV   |                       this instant Mademoiselle de Watteville was witness to
127 XIV   |                     seventeen years with~Madame de Watteville, who valued her
128 XV    |                     with me," said Mademoiselle de Watteville~drily. "You let
129 XV    |                         will not~marry Monsieur de Soulas; but one thing I
130 XV    |                        Two hours later Monsieur de Watteville said to his daughter:~ ~"
131 XV    |                following letter in Mademoiselle~de Watteville's hand:--~ ~Albert
132 XV    |                         of Comte Albert Savaron de Savarus, and so revive~in
133 XVI   |                     deserted alleys of the Bois de Boulogne! These wasted~harangues
134 XVI   |                        under~the name of Albert de Savarus' (another start). '
135 XVII  |                        heart. Thus Mademoiselle de Watteville had in a few
136 XVII  |                       address made Mademoiselle de Watteville shiver and redden~
137 XVII  |                  accompany her mother to Madame de~Chavoncourt's; and as long
138 XVII  |                        same line? Count~Savaron de Savarus, Ambassador I know
139 XVIII |                    Mariette," said Mademoiselle de Watteville to her maid next
140 XIX   |                     loved? That little Monsieur de Soulas only~loves my money;
141 XIX   |                    course of this winter Albert de Savarus had quietly made~
142 XIX   |                    contractor.~ ~Albert Savaron de Savarus opined that the
143 XIX   |                  remarkable man," said the Abbe de Grancey, who, of~course,
144 XIX   |                         s head,~to get Monsieur de Savarus into the drawing-room
145 XIX   |                        the society of the Hotel de Rupt. So far she had limited
146 XIX   |                      the heights, with the Dent de Vilard at their head, come~
147 XIX   |                        canals.~ ~When the Baron de Watteville thus obtained
148 XIX   |                        horseshoe under the Dent de Vilard. But this ferocious
149 XIX   |                        further side~of the Dent de Vilard. When the Baron died,
150 XIX   |                         at the foot of the Dent de Vilard. Thus he died the~
151 XIX   |                     died the~master of the Dent de Vilard.~ ~His heirs asserted
152 XIX   |                       her arrival, Mademoiselle de Watteville saw from her
153 XX    |                         end shut in by the Dent de~Vilard, the Jungfrau of
154 XX    |                       account of this very Dent de Vilard,~and I want to settle
155 XX    |                       on their side of the~Dent de Vilard. Now Monsieur Chantonnit,
156 XX    |                        appropriated by the Abbe de Watteville. That would be
157 XX    |                       the truth," said Monsieur~de Watteville simply. "The
158 XX    |                        on this side~of the Dent de Vilard, and I will then
159 XX    |                          For a century the Dent de Vilard had been used by
160 XX    |                    joint possession of the~Dent de Vilard, you must act with
161 XX    |                     bring back with us the Abbe de Grancey, Monsieur Savaron,~
162 XX    |                         We did not see the~Abbe de Grancey for three weeks,
163 XX    |                        involved," said Monsieur de~Watteville; "and then the
164 XX    |                          if you secure Monsieur~de Savaron, you will gain your
165 XX    |                      excepting through~Monsieur de Grancey. Take my word for
166 XX    |                       your mother!"~ ~"The Abbe de Grancey will settle that
167 XX    |                      the oath?" cried the Baron de Watteville.~ ~"What then!"
168 XX    |                       Four days after, the Abbe de Grancey called very early
169 XX    |                     early one morning on~Albert de Savarus, having announced
170 XX    |                       that your name is Savaron de Savarus, that you have held~
171 XX    |                         the support of Monsieur de Watteville and his party,
172 XX    |                        Devil. Whatever Monsieur de Watteville's business may
173 XX    |                        Abbe. "Come to the Hotel de Rupt: there~is a young person
174 XX    |                      Rosalie," replied the Abbe de Grancey. "You are~ambitious.
175 XX    |                         l'Abbe, if Mademoiselle de Watteville had three times
176 XX    |                         more about Mademoiselle de Watteville," said Albert~
177 XX    |                        will appear for Monsieur de Watteville,~but after the
178 XX    |                      her reflections. "Monsieur de Soulas is in the drawing-~
179 XX    |                      age."~ ~"Then, is Monsieur de Soulas a foe to thought?"
180 XX    |                     were thinking?" said Madame de Watteville.~ ~"Why, yes,
181 XX    |                      decent, and~which Monsieur de Soulas, of all men, ought
182 XX    |                      not be unhappy as~Comtesse de Soulas."~ ~
183 XXI   |                         Monsieur Albert Savaron de Savarus~is a Legitimist?"~ ~"
184 XXI   |                       hinder that poor Monsieur de Chavoncourt from~representing
185 XXI   |                         Monsieur Albert Savaron de Savarus, the natural son
186 XXI   |                        natural son of the Comte de~Savarus--pray keep the secret
187 XXI   |                         fine piece~of the great de Watteville's work destroyed."~ ~"
188 XXI   |                         thinks her."~ ~Monsieur de Chavoncourt is a Royalist,
189 XXI   |                         to Providence. Monsieur de Chavoncourt was not~wholly
190 XXI   |                      and the patriots. Monsieur de Chavoncourt, highly~respected
191 XXI   |                       little practise.~ ~Madame de Chavoncourt, at this time
192 XXI   |                         by economy~for Monsieur de Chavoncourt's expenses in
193 XXI   |                       gentleman, named Monsieur de Vauchelles,~no richer than
194 XXI   |                      reflected that if~Monsieur de Soulas should repeat her
195 XXI   |                       companions. Now, Monsieur de Vauchelles had his matrimonial
196 XXI   |                        be sure to warn Monsieur de Chavoncourt of the~danger
197 XXI   |                   intentions~of Monsieur Albert de Savarus, pointing out the
198 XXI   |                         men of whom, in the Rue de Grenelle, the Minister~of
199 XXI   |                    quite charming!" said Madame de Watteville.~ ~Two months
200 XXI   |                      was chatting with the Abbe de Grancey, who was~interested
201 XXI   |                   Chapter did not love~Monsieur de Chavoncourt, for it was
202 XXI   |                         impression at the Hotel de Rupt; you do not know the
203 XXI   |                         after pressing Monsieur de Grancey's hand~with meaning.
204 XXII  |                      the lawyer, Albert Savaron de~Savarus, as its candidate.~ ~
205 XXII  |                         interview with~Monsieur de Chavoncourt, so as to effect
206 XXII  |                       their candidate; Monsieur de Chavoncourt came~forward;
207 XXII  |                    Albert had seventy, Monsieur de Chavoncourt~obtained sixty-seven.
208 XXII  |                          The votes for Monsieur de Chavoncourt, added to the
209 XXII  |                     recorded: those of~Monsieur de Grancey's following and
210 XXII  |                       merchant to whom Monsieur de Grancey had sent him. These
211 XXII  |                         his~arms round the Abbe de Grancey, held him fast,
212 XXIII |                      You have those of Monsieur de Chavoncourt," said the Abbe.~ ~"
213 XXIII |                      marry Mademoiselle Sidonie de Chavoncourt."~ ~"Never!"~ ~"
214 XXIII |                      marry Mademoiselle Sidonie de Chavoncourt," the priest~
215 XXIII |                      marry Mademoiselle Sidonie de Chavoncourt," said the Abbe~
216 XXIII |                  To-morrow evening at the Hotel de Rupt you will meet Madame
217 XXIII |                       Rupt you will meet Madame de~Chavoncourt and her second
218 XXIII |                     have a struggle with Madame de Chavoncourt; she will want~
219 XXIII |                   voters; I have secured Madame de~Watteville, and that means
220 XXIII |                 aristocracy of Besancon. Amedee de~Soulas and Vauchelles, who
221 XXIII |                      over the~young men; Madame de Watteville will get the
222 XXIII |                    earth has gained over Madame de Chavoncourt?" asked~Savarus.~ ~"
223 XXIII |                     replied the Abbe. "Monsieur de Chavoncourt, who~has three
224 XXIII |                        Some one has told Madame de Chavoncourt that she will
225 XXIII |                         some one manages Madame de Chavoncourt,~and Madame
226 XXIII |                         Chavoncourt,~and Madame de Chavoncourt manages her
227 XXIV  |                         want everything.~Madame de Chavoncourt has no suspicion
228 XXIV  |                   confided in no one but Madame de Watteville, whom we may
229 XXIV  |                         clock Madame la~Baronne de Watteville's rooms were
230 XXIV  |                  presented that evening. Madame de Chavoncourt was there with
231 XXIV  |                   things are remarked. The Abbe de~Grancey's fine and clever
232 XXIV  |                         Ministries!"~--"The Duc de Fitz-James is to be nominated
233 XXIV  |                        You will~enable Monsieur de Watteville to win his lawsuit."--"
234 XXIV  |                         had not arrived. Madame de Watteville was~disposed
235 XXIV  |                     dear Baroness," said Madame de Chavoncourt, "do not let
236 XXIV  |                       perhaps, detains Monsieur de Savarus."~ ~Rosalie shot
237 XXIV  |                         a side glance at Madame de Chavoncourt.~ ~ ~"She is
238 XXIV  |                        very lenient to Monsieur de Savarus," she whispered
239 XXIV  |                    between Sidonie and Monsieur de Savarus."~ ~Mademoiselle
240 XXIV  |                        Savarus."~ ~Mademoiselle de Watteville hastily went
241 XXIV  |                           At ten o'clock Albert de Savarus had not yet appeared.
242 XXIV  |                     thing intolerable. The Abbe de Grancey, who did not know
243 XXIV  |                    garden, followed by Monsieur de~Watteville and his daughter,
244 XXIV  |                     ruined!" exclaimed the Abbe de Grancey, "or he is happy!"~ ~
245 XXIV  |                    drawing-room, where Monsieur de~Watteville announced the
246 XXIV  |                     remained, among them~Madame de Chavoncourt and the Abbe
247 XXIV  |                        Chavoncourt and the Abbe de Godenars, another Vicar-General,~
248 XXIV  |                 Chavoncourt~girls, and Monsieur de Vauchelles, the Abbe de
249 XXIV  |                         de Vauchelles, the Abbe de Grancey, Rosalie,~Amedee
250 XXIV  |                        Grancey, Rosalie,~Amedee de Soulas, and a retired magistrate,
251 XXIV  |                     Albert's election. The Abbe de Grancey sat down by the~
252 XXIV  |                       have happened to Monsieur de Savarus?" said Madame de~
253 XXIV  |                        de Savarus?" said Madame de~Chavoncourt.~ ~At this moment
254 XXIV  |                        in a letter for the Abbe de~Grancey on a silver tray.~ ~"
255 XXV   |                  Rosalie, who said:~ ~"Monsieur de Grancey, it was from Albert!"~ ~"
256 XXV   |                       way to Mass, Mademoiselle de Watteville heard~from Mariette
257 XXV   |                        used~to belong to Madame de Saint-Vier before she died;
258 XXV   |                      which came so late to Abbe de Grancey?" said Rosalie.~ ~"
259 XXV   |                         narrative, Mademoiselle de Watteville fell into a~brooding
260 XXV   |                     opponent. Next day Monsieur de Chavoncourt was carried
261 XXV   |                newspaper. Ten days later Albert de~Savarus was never spoken
262 XXVI  |                      any news from or of Albert~de Savarus. Jerome and Mariette
263 XXVI  |                    Baroness one day~to Monsieur de Watteville. "She is nineteen,
264 XXVI  |                         up the side of the~Dent de Vilard. I am having a trench
265 XXVI  |                   occurred to you," said Madame de Watteville, "that this~decision
266 XXVI  |                       marry Rosalie to Monsieur de Soulas; if you give her
267 XXVI  |                       she was to marry Monsieur~de Soulas one day early in
268 XXVI  |                       not in love with Monsieur~de Soulas, that is all."~ ~"
269 XXVI  |                       will never marry Monsieur de~Soulas--"~ ~"Oh! the /never/
270 XXVI  |                          never/ of Mademoiselle de Watteville," said Rosalie
271 XXVI  |                          you yourself,~Monsieur de Watteville, may take the
272 XXVI  |                       thus begun between Madame de Watteville and her husband,~
273 XXVI  |                       Rouxey; life at the Hotel de~Rupt was unendurable. It
274 XXVI  |                      Besancon that~Mademoiselle de Watteville had positively
275 XXVI  |                    positively refused the Comte de Soulas.~ ~After their marriage
276 XXVI  |                         thousand francs. Madame de~Watteville was told that,
277 XXVI  |                    deputed, no doubt, by Madame de~Watteville and Monsieur
278 XXVI  |                         Watteville and Monsieur de Soulas, to negotiate a peace
279 XXVI  |                 Vicar-General took Mademoiselle de Watteville~apart, to open
280 XXVI  |                      strange girl took Monsieur de Grancey by the arm, and
281 XXVI  |                      wedding of Monsieur le Duc de Rhetore, eldest son of the
282 XXVI  |                  Rhetore, eldest son of the Duc~de Chaulieu, the former Ambassador,
283 XXVI  |                     system of geology, Monsieur de Watteville had gone down
284 XXVI  |                         of struggling. Monsieur de Watteville had dined~heavily,
285 XXVI  |                        and~surgeon. When Madame de Watteville arrived, eight
286 XXVI  |                   Besancon, they found Monsieur de Watteville~past all hope,
287 XXVI  |                      have happened, said Madame de~Watteville, if her husband
288 XXVI  |                        had settled in~the Hotel de Rupt, where they lived in
289 XXVI  |                       the attorney nor the Abbe de Grancey could obtain any
290 XXVI  |                        formidable. Mademoiselle de Watteville had~intercepted
291 XXVI  |                         Albert~and Mademoiselle de Watteville. The two letters,
292 XXVII |                     Well, I know her," Monsieur de Grancey went on. "In a few
293 XXVII |                     months she~will be Comtesse de Soulas! She will be sure
294 XXVII |                          she~will give Monsieur de Soulas forty thousand francs
295 XXVII |                   wisdom terrified Mademoiselle de Watteville.~ ~"And what
296 XXVII |                         long after Mademoiselle de Watteville's confession
297 XXVII |                   received from Monsieur Albert de Savarus.~ ~On hearing this,
298 XXVII |                              To Monsieur l'Abbe de Grancey,~Vicar-General of
299 XXVII |                        d'Argaiolo, now Duchesse de Rhetore, seems to~me to
300 XXVII |                      was now engaged to the Duc de Rhetore. When Albert~succeeded
301 XXVIII|                       Albert to Monsieur l'Abbe de Grancey,~Vicar-General of
302 XXVIII|                      beseech Him to give Madame de Rhetore a life of happiness.~
303 XXVIII|                      perhaps," thought the Abbe de Grancey.~ ~When he showed
304 XXVIII|                      mother and marry the Comte de Soulas?"~ ~"Only if Albert
305 XXVIII|                         marrying young Monsieur de Soulas."~ ~"I do not wish
306 XXVIII|                     that winter the worthy Abbe de Grancey died. This~good
307 XXVIII|                     longer stood between Madame de Watteville and her~daughter,
308 XXVIII|                     month of August 1837~Madame de Watteville was married to
309 XXVIII|                         was married to Monsieur de Soulas in Paris,~whither
310 XXVIII|                 sweetness to her mother. Madame de Watteville believed in~this
311 XXVIII|                       her rival.~ ~Mademoiselle de Watteville had been declared
312 XXVIII|                        inheritance of the Baron de Watteville.~Rosalie encouraged
313 XXVIII|                       mother to marry the Comte de Soulas and settle~all her
314 XXVIII|                       free," she said.~ ~Madame de Soulas, who had been uneasy
315 XXVIII|               conscience money. As the Comtesse de~Soulas had an income of
316 XXVIII|                   Rosalie's share, Mademoiselle de Watteville was still a fortune
317 XXVIII|                     embroidered on~Mademoiselle de Watteville's stomacher,
318 XXVIII|                       did more for the Comtesse de~Soulas than her pretensions /
319 XXVIII|                     than her pretensions /a la/ de Rupt, her inappropriate
320 XXVIII|                        was to meet the Duchesse de Rhetore, to see this wonderful
321 XXVIII|                    immense capabilities, Albert de Savarus, whose career she~
322 XXVIII|                    wrecked. She is Mademoiselle de Watteville, the famous Besancon~
323 XXVIII|                       on the~beautiful Duchesse de Rhetore.~ ~"If you want
324 XXVIII|                        ball, where Mademoiselle de Watteville placed~in her
325 XXVIII|                      her confession to the Abbe de Grancey.~ ~"I do not choose
326 XXVIII|                      mother.~ ~ ~ ~Mademoiselle de Watteville, who lived alone
327 XXVIII|                     Eastern provinces.~ ~Madame de Soulas has two children,
328 XXVIII|                     grown~younger; but Monsieur de Soulas has aged a good deal.~ ~"
329 XXVIII|                      marry her!"~ ~Mademoiselle de Watteville behaves in the
330 XXVIII|                       chances of which the Abbe de Grancey had spoken, she~
331 XXVIII|                      boiler burst.~Mademoiselle de Watteville was so severely
332 Add   |                           Beauseant, Vicomtesse de~Father Goriot~The Deserted
333 Add   |                       in Lunacy~ ~Nueil, Gaston de~The Deserted Woman~ ~Rhetore,
334 Add   |                           Rhetore, Duc Alphonse de~A Bachelor's Establishment~
335 Add   |                      Member for Arcis~ ~Savaron de Savarus~The Quest of the
336 Add   |                         Savarus, Albert Savaron de~The Quest of the Absolute~ ~