Chapter
1 I | years old, as fair as her mother is dark, always merry, always
2 I | tossed some evening into her mother’s arms, nobody can make
3 I | has as many lovers as her mother. And at other times I imagine
4 I | In society? Never. The mother’s house is a sort of liberty-hall
5 I | She belongs through her mother, her birth, her education,
6 I | with the graciousness of a mother: “You will find my daughter
7 I | seemed to move just as her mother was made to speak, so natural,
8 I | dimensions to please your mother, who loves a colossus.”~
9 I | they are both superb. The mother would suffice for me perfectly,”
10 II | ll go to the island.”~Her mother cautioned her in a languid
11 II | must have gone back. Your mother was cold, perhaps.” And
12 II | mean that—Yvette and her mother do not resemble each other.”~“
13 II | those heavy perfumes of her mother, but a discreet breath in
14 II | into laughter. “To your mother. No, that is too much!”~
15 II | open window, facing her mother.~“I want to speak to you,”
16 II | her like an egotistical mother, proud of her beauty, as
17 II | young girl, sitting at her mother’s feet, in a coaxing attitude
18 II | not taken her eyes off her mother’s face, watching her thoughts
19 II | says he does, mamma?”~Her mother replied, with some impatience: “
20 II | mamma!”~She kissed her mother on the forehead and withdrew
21 II | Yvette would do as her mother, undoubtedly. She would
22 III| could not sleep. Like her mother, she leaned upon the sill
23 III| resemble hers?~They kissed her mother’s hand with the semblance
24 III| or sum up people as her mother, did. She lived tranquilly,
25 III| of a prince? Had her poor mother, betrayed and deserted,
26 III| But, instead of this, her mother, without appearing stupefied
27 III| had believed, against her mother. She imagined all sorts
28 III| Muscade.”~Then she joined her mother, who was proceeding with
29 III| on a low chair near her mother, while the two young men,
30 III| gone up to his room. Her mother was alone with the other
31 III| recognized the voice; it was her mother’s.~A large drop of warm
32 III| window was lighted, her mother’s. And suddenly two shadows
33 III| surprised, or to meet her mother at that moment, Yvette rushed
34 III| she began to think.~Her mother! A lover! What a shame!
35 III| herself: “I will save my mother.” And almost reassured by
36 III| said:~“You will say to my mother that I am not well, that
37 III| waited, well knowing that her mother would come to her.~The Marquise
38 III| choked with tears, her mother, worn out finally and feeling
39 III| Then a sense of shame, a mother’s modesty, mingled with
40 III| to recover at once.~Her mother resumed: “Now, get up and
41 III| Yvette, as soon as her mother had disappeared, rose, and
42 III| Who is there?”~It was her mother’s voice which replied: “
43 III| Yes, I am ready.”~Then her mother became maid for her, bringing
44 IV | What should she do if her mother would not accept the conditions
45 IV | have taken exercise.~Her mother, happy to see her so hungry,
46 IV | would be sorry, except her mother, perhaps.~People would say: “
47 IV | amuse themselves at her mother’s house, as at a public
48 IV | postscript:~“Adieu, my dear mother, pardon.”~She sealed the
49 IV | intoxication, she still heard her mother’s friends laughing and talking
50 IV | calling down stairs. Her mother had said:~“Put out the candle.”
51 IV | pretended to be dead. Her mother entered distracted, and
52 IV | Yvette.”~“Adieu, my dear mother, pardon.”~“The devil!” he
53 IV | better show this to your mother?”~She shook her head, no.
54 IV | I am going to call your mother,” he said.~She murmured: “
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