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The History Of Madame And Monsieur C-.
THE HISTORY OF MADAME AND MONSIEUR C-.
[ COMI-I . : IEI :-: I 5 FHOM OUR LAST . ]
IN the mean time , the unfortunate Madame C , heedless of the A remonstrances of her faithful Victoire , and indifferent to the innocent prattle and sweet caresses of her child , passed some weeks at Bellinzone , in that situation of mind when every care , every affection , and every thought , are absorbed in one deep , powerful , overwhelming sentiment of misery . She was rouzed from this inactive despondency bfinding herself menaced with an evil which she had
y often pitied , but once had little chance of ever feeling ; this evil was poverty ; not that figurative poverty which pines in artificial want , but the last terrible extreme of real misery ; misery which wei ghs with its deepest pressure on a mother ' s heart , when she hears the complaining voice of her child , and has no power to supply its necessities . Madame C had left France with a sum of money little
more than sufficient to defray the expences of her journey ; but she felt no anxiety on this account , as she was going to join her husband , who , she knew , was provided , at his departure , with funds which must still be more than sufficient to supply all present exi / encies ; and for the future she looked forward to the efforts of their friend in France , to rescue something from the wreck of their property . Since her arrival " at Bellinzone , she had thought little on the
subject , for amidst the first sharp pangs of wounded affection , the lacerated heart , only awake to one sensation , turns with disgust from all the cares , the anxieties , and views of ordinary life ; the world seems one wide cheerless desalt , and all that it contains , except the object we have lost , has no power to excite an emotion of pain or pleasure . - From this lethargy of despair Madame C was awakened , by Victoire telling her that she had heard that the inn at which they
lived was extremely expensive . She immediately sent for her bill , though without much alarm , since her repasts had , she thought , been too simple to be costly . The amount of the bill , however , SE- far exceeded her expectation , that when it was paid , a few remaining livres and a few trinkets were the sole property she possessed . Madame C looked at her child , and felt that she had no
moments to lose ; she determined to leave , the inn immediately , and Victoire , after some research , hired a small chamber , containing two wretched beds , to which she retired . Here Madame C » , who had her whole life been nursed in the bosom of affluence , scarcely allowing herself the scanty sustenance which nature requires for its preservation , bathed her child with tears of bitterness , till sometimes VOL . XI . N
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The History Of Madame And Monsieur C-.
THE HISTORY OF MADAME AND MONSIEUR C-.
[ COMI-I . : IEI :-: I 5 FHOM OUR LAST . ]
IN the mean time , the unfortunate Madame C , heedless of the A remonstrances of her faithful Victoire , and indifferent to the innocent prattle and sweet caresses of her child , passed some weeks at Bellinzone , in that situation of mind when every care , every affection , and every thought , are absorbed in one deep , powerful , overwhelming sentiment of misery . She was rouzed from this inactive despondency bfinding herself menaced with an evil which she had
y often pitied , but once had little chance of ever feeling ; this evil was poverty ; not that figurative poverty which pines in artificial want , but the last terrible extreme of real misery ; misery which wei ghs with its deepest pressure on a mother ' s heart , when she hears the complaining voice of her child , and has no power to supply its necessities . Madame C had left France with a sum of money little
more than sufficient to defray the expences of her journey ; but she felt no anxiety on this account , as she was going to join her husband , who , she knew , was provided , at his departure , with funds which must still be more than sufficient to supply all present exi / encies ; and for the future she looked forward to the efforts of their friend in France , to rescue something from the wreck of their property . Since her arrival " at Bellinzone , she had thought little on the
subject , for amidst the first sharp pangs of wounded affection , the lacerated heart , only awake to one sensation , turns with disgust from all the cares , the anxieties , and views of ordinary life ; the world seems one wide cheerless desalt , and all that it contains , except the object we have lost , has no power to excite an emotion of pain or pleasure . - From this lethargy of despair Madame C was awakened , by Victoire telling her that she had heard that the inn at which they
lived was extremely expensive . She immediately sent for her bill , though without much alarm , since her repasts had , she thought , been too simple to be costly . The amount of the bill , however , SE- far exceeded her expectation , that when it was paid , a few remaining livres and a few trinkets were the sole property she possessed . Madame C looked at her child , and felt that she had no
moments to lose ; she determined to leave , the inn immediately , and Victoire , after some research , hired a small chamber , containing two wretched beds , to which she retired . Here Madame C » , who had her whole life been nursed in the bosom of affluence , scarcely allowing herself the scanty sustenance which nature requires for its preservation , bathed her child with tears of bitterness , till sometimes VOL . XI . N