Part, Chapter
1 I, I | Her husband, the Comte de Guilleroy, deputy from the
2 I, I | portrait of the Princesse de Ponteve.”~“You know,” said
3 I, I | shall have the Duchesse de Mortemain, the Corbelles,
4 I, I | more and more, and as the De Guilleroys passed almost
5 I, I | debut in society. Madame de Guilleroy had given her
6 I, I | immediately the Marquis de Farandal, to whom he wished
7 I, I | quite secret, and Madame de Guilleroy had told only
8 I, I | on the shoe, and Madame de Guilleroy, rising, approached
9 I, I | portrait of the Princesse de Salia, in 1874, made him
10 I, I | one day, at the Duchesse de Mortemain’s house, a young
11 I, I | that she was the Comtesse de Guilleroy, wife of a Normandy
12 I, I | MONSIEUR:~“The Duchesse de Mortemain, who has just
13 I, I | my sincere regards.~“ANNE DE GUILLEROY.”~He answered
14 I, I | six-year-old girl.~Madame de Guilleroy presented him,
15 I, I | a little annoyed Madame de Guilleroy, who could find
16 I, I | and captivating.~Madame de Guilleroy began to take
17 I, I | compliant. When the Count de Guilleroy was presented
18 I, I | way.”~Occasionally Madame de Guilleroy did not bring
19 I, I | absence.~Desire for Madame de Guilleroy hardly occurred
20 I, I | quite aware that Madame de Guilleroy was the cause
21 I, I | enslave him; and Madame de Guilleroy, although she
22 I, I | pang of anguish.~Monsieur de Guilleroy inquired what
23 I, I | heart to-day.”~Monsieur de Guilleroy went out after
24 I, I | first met at the Duchesse de Mortemain’s.~As soon as
25 I, I | that united the Comtesse de Guilleroy and the painter,
26 I, II | the return of Antoinette de Guilleroy, he found in the
27 I, II | Louis XV salon only Monsieur de Musadieu, who had just arrived.~
28 I, II | that moment for which M. de Bismarck had been waiting
29 I, II | glory at a single blow.~M. de Musadieu, however, seemed
30 I, II | opinion on the subject.~M. de Guilleroy entered, shook
31 I, II | these rumors of war?”~M. de Guilleroy launched into
32 I, II | placed in their situation. M. de Bismarck was not a false
33 I, II | against our impetuosity. M. de Guilleroy concluded in a
34 I, II | must take the means,” M. de Musadieu replied. “I will
35 I, II | announced: “Madame la Duchesse de Mortemain.”~Between the
36 I, II | widow of General the Duc de Mortemain, mother of an
37 I, II | daughter married to the Prince de Salia; daughter of the Marquis
38 I, II | daughter of the Marquis de Farandal, of high family
39 I, II | at her mansion in the Rue de Varenne all the celebrities
40 I, II | Baron and Madame la Baronne de Corbelle.”~They were young;
41 I, II | were relatives of the Comte de Guilleroy.~“Well,” said
42 I, II | about to come.”~When Madame de Guilleroy, as the bride
43 I, II | presented to the Duchesse de Mortemain, who loved her
44 I, II | Bertin, knew of Annette de Guilleroy’s return, and
45 I, II | each other! Look, Monsieur de Musadieu, how much they
46 I, II | Corbelles, and the Comte de Guilleroy, the Countess
47 I, II | myself at once.”~But Madame de Mortemain took offense,
48 I, II | did it,” demanded Madame de Guilleroy.~The Baroness
49 I, II | pronounced the blonde Marquise de Lochrist incomparably charming,
50 I, II | comprehending it.~The Baron de Corbelle thought that it
51 I, II | prodigious life in it.”~The Comte de Guilleroy, who, through
52 I, II | even hints.~The Marquis de Farandal, who was the brother
53 I, II | brother of the Duchesse de Mortemain, after almost
54 I, II | enormous fortune of the Comte de Guilleroy, a prudent hoarder
55 I, II | to hasten events.~Madame de Mortemain, foreseeing and
56 I, II | was laughing at a story M. de Musadieu was telling to
57 I, II | telling to the Baroness de Corbelle about the presentation
58 I, II | Republic, when the Marquis de Farandal was announced.~
59 I, II | advanced quickly toward Madame de Guilleroy, whose extended
60 I, II | was presented to Annette de Guilleroy, he immediately
61 I, II | himself near the Baroness de Corbelle, so that he could
62 I, II | own quarters, the Comte de Guilleroy, walking across
63 I, III| perfectly natural to M. de Guilleroy.~Twice a week
64 I, III| you will go to the Bois de Boulogne with us.”~“Yes,
65 I, III| No; with the Duchesse de Mortemain.”~“Very well;
66 I, III| the Duchess, in the Rue de Varenne, they spun along
67 I, III| going up toward the Arc de triomphe de l’Etoile in
68 I, III| toward the Arc de triomphe de l’Etoile in the midst of
69 I, III| Puicelci,” “the Comtesse de Lochrist,” or “the beautiful
70 I, III| following the Avenue of the Bois de Boulogne, amid the noise
71 I, III| crowded than below the Arc de Triomphe, seemed to struggle
72 I, III| us. Look at the Comtesse de Lochrist instead.”~Alone,
73 I, III| dear Duchess?” asked Madame de Guilleroy.~“Yes, indeed;
74 I, III| choose you!” cried the Baron de Baverie.~“I am with you,
75 I, III| any fruit.”~The Marquis de Rocdiane and the Comte Landa
76 I, III| thrust in a duel.~The Comte de Landa, a good-natured colossus,
77 I, III| confidences.~The Marquis de Rocdiane allowed the names
78 I, III| carefully chosen, for Madame de Guilleroy’s sake, as she
79 I, III| proceeded toward the Place de la Concorde.~He sang to
80 I, III| door announcing:~“Monsieur de Musadieu.”~Olivier Bertin
81 I, III| scandal about the Marquis de Rocdiane. He looked at the
82 I, III| rumor said that the Marquis de Rocdiane, amicably separated
83 I, III| drawing-room of the Duchesse de Mortemain.”~“Who told it
84 I, III| all; it was the Marquis de Farandal.”~The painter,
85 I, III| that evening when the Comte de Guilleroy appeared, returning
86 I, III| vexed with Musadieu since De Guilleroy’s arrival, was
87 I, III| containing sandwiches of pate de foies gras and little English
88 I, III| on his topcoat. As Madame de Guilleroy continued to talk
89 I, IV | pilgrimage to the Palais de l’Industrie that day. As
90 I, IV | sprang forward; the Duchesse de Mortemain had appeared at
91 I, IV | seen her.”~“And Monsieur de Musadieu?”~“I have not seen
92 I, IV | throng when the Comtesse de Guilleroy, leaning on her
93 I, IV | Duran, an admirable Puvis de Chavannes, a very new and
94 I, IV | beside his aunt, the Marquis de Farandal, attentive and
95 I, IV | the door of exit, Madame de Guilleroy whispered:~“Then—
96 I, IV | delightful evenings.~Madame de Guilleroy, whose continual
97 I, IV | and gesture that Monsieur de Guilleroy himself, when
98 II, I | then, thinking that M. de Guilleroy must return the
99 II, III| called that evening. Madame de Guilleroy passed the whole
100 II, III| the drawing-room. Madame de Corbelle and her husband
101 II, III| having heard of Madame de Guilleroy’s return, as he
102 II, III| with her when the Marquis de Farandal was announced.
103 II, III| convulsed face of Madame de Guilleroy. Her large eyes,
104 II, III| before last, when the Marquis de Farandal entered? Do you
105 II, IV | For him, the Comtesse de Guilleroy had been this
106 II, IV | dwelling of the Comtesse de Guilleroy. “Perhaps she
107 II, IV | had to say to me?” Madame de Guilleroy murmured to him.~
108 II, IV | the same time.~When Madame de Guilleroy had returned to
109 II, V | the same thing: Monsieur de Farandal admired her, Olivier
110 II, V | never spoke of Monsieur de Farandal before him. Was
111 II, V | the reopening, the Comte de Guilleroy was to take to
112 II, V | meeting of Parliament Madame de Mortemain, the Marquis,
113 II, V | saw was that of the Comte de Landa. He was promenading
114 II, VI | recognized. The Comtesse de Lochrist, in a proscenium
115 II, VI | profile, and saw the Marquis de Farandal, seated behind
116 II, VI | equaled that of Bismarck or De Lesseps.~When Faust rushed
117 II, VI | anger now toward the Marquis de Farandal, that stupid creature
118 II, VI | with Musadieu in the Place de l’Opera.~Suddenly he felt
119 II, VI | footing on which the Marquise de Farandal would stand in
120 II, VI | painter’s door, in the Avenue de Villiers, Bertin asked: “
121 II, VI | enormous bouquets.~Madame de Mortemain was surprised.~“
122 II, VI | does not complain,” Madame de Guilleroy answered.~“Oh,
123 II, VI | politics and agriculture M. de Guilleroy was interested
124 II, VI | urgent—Monsieur le Comte de Guilleroy.”~The writing
125 II, VI | entreats Madame la~Comtesse de Guilleroy to come to him
126 II, VI | have ceased to live.~“DR. DE RIVIL.”~The Countess stared
127 II, VI | stairs the physician, Dr. de Rivil, a little gray man,
128 II, VI | only rest and quiet. Madame de Guilleroy will see that
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