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Article THE HISTORY OF MADAME AND MONSIEUR C-. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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The History Of Madame And Monsieur C-.
German Count , the owner of a brilliant equipage , with whom she became acquainted during their excursion , and who had followed her to Constance . Mons . C added , that having himself set out on foot from that city , being determined not to spend on the indulgence of a carriage the few louis he had yet in reserve , the violent emotions of his mind , joined to excessive fatigue of body , by taking jourfiies too rapid , in order to accelerate his arrival , produced a
dangerous fever . At a little village-inn , where he lay for several weeks stretched upon a solitary bed of sickness , he had perhaps , he said , iu some measure atoned for the past , by the bitterness of his regrets , by that anguish he was proceeding , when Madame C threw herself upon his neck , bathed his bosom with her tears , conjured him for ever to forget the past , and declared , that her suffering ' s had already vanished in the hope of his returning affection .
When Madame C with soft persuasion , had somewhat reconciled her husband to himself , and a calm confidential conversation had succeeded the tumultuous emotions of their first meeting , they bent their way to the little apartment which was now their sole habitation , and " which he had not yet entered ; since , having learned from the people of the house , in Viftoire ' s absence , which path Madame C had taken for her- evening walkhe had instantly
, hastened to the spot . They had scarcely reached the chamber , ¦ when his little boy sprung forward to meet him , clung upon bis neck , called him his dear , dear papa , aud reiterated his caresses till Mons . C , overcome with faintness , agitation ,-and fatigue , sunk senseless on a chair . Madame C wept at observing- his emaciated fi and his pale and haggard look ; and Victoireshe perceived ,
gure , , tried to squeeze out a tear or two , but not succeeding , all she could do was to wipe her eyes carefully with her handkerchief . Victoire was probably thinkingmore of the dry crusts on which she had dined occasionally , and which sort of repasts she attributed to her master ' s conduct , than of bis sickly countenance . Madame C found nothing more difficult than to restrain Victoire ' s loquacity , who
contrived , whenever she had an opportunity in the course ofthe evening , to relate the hardships they had suffered with a spiteful minuteness oi detail—how Madame breakfasted upon cold water instead of cotf ' ee , and dined sometimes upon lentil-soup , and sometimes not at all ; and how she gained two livres a-day by drawing and embroidery . This last inrelligence was more than Mons . C could bear ; he hid his face with his hands from his chairand walked in a
, sprung , disordered manner up and down the room . Madame angrily imposed silence on Victoire , who , taking the hint , - declared that she was au desespoir at having afflicted Monsieur , for whom she felt the most profound respect ; and then left the room , in order , probably , to talk over his transgressions to the whole neighbourhood . She staid so long that Madame C ¦ was forced to in search of her ,
go and as she approached , heard her saying , ' to be sure , I don't forget that Monsieur is a cordon rouge after ail , and therefore not made to give an account of his actions to any body : but then when I tiling of my dear lady' here Vi & oira was intertupted in her uufimshei-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The History Of Madame And Monsieur C-.
German Count , the owner of a brilliant equipage , with whom she became acquainted during their excursion , and who had followed her to Constance . Mons . C added , that having himself set out on foot from that city , being determined not to spend on the indulgence of a carriage the few louis he had yet in reserve , the violent emotions of his mind , joined to excessive fatigue of body , by taking jourfiies too rapid , in order to accelerate his arrival , produced a
dangerous fever . At a little village-inn , where he lay for several weeks stretched upon a solitary bed of sickness , he had perhaps , he said , iu some measure atoned for the past , by the bitterness of his regrets , by that anguish he was proceeding , when Madame C threw herself upon his neck , bathed his bosom with her tears , conjured him for ever to forget the past , and declared , that her suffering ' s had already vanished in the hope of his returning affection .
When Madame C with soft persuasion , had somewhat reconciled her husband to himself , and a calm confidential conversation had succeeded the tumultuous emotions of their first meeting , they bent their way to the little apartment which was now their sole habitation , and " which he had not yet entered ; since , having learned from the people of the house , in Viftoire ' s absence , which path Madame C had taken for her- evening walkhe had instantly
, hastened to the spot . They had scarcely reached the chamber , ¦ when his little boy sprung forward to meet him , clung upon bis neck , called him his dear , dear papa , aud reiterated his caresses till Mons . C , overcome with faintness , agitation ,-and fatigue , sunk senseless on a chair . Madame C wept at observing- his emaciated fi and his pale and haggard look ; and Victoireshe perceived ,
gure , , tried to squeeze out a tear or two , but not succeeding , all she could do was to wipe her eyes carefully with her handkerchief . Victoire was probably thinkingmore of the dry crusts on which she had dined occasionally , and which sort of repasts she attributed to her master ' s conduct , than of bis sickly countenance . Madame C found nothing more difficult than to restrain Victoire ' s loquacity , who
contrived , whenever she had an opportunity in the course ofthe evening , to relate the hardships they had suffered with a spiteful minuteness oi detail—how Madame breakfasted upon cold water instead of cotf ' ee , and dined sometimes upon lentil-soup , and sometimes not at all ; and how she gained two livres a-day by drawing and embroidery . This last inrelligence was more than Mons . C could bear ; he hid his face with his hands from his chairand walked in a
, sprung , disordered manner up and down the room . Madame angrily imposed silence on Victoire , who , taking the hint , - declared that she was au desespoir at having afflicted Monsieur , for whom she felt the most profound respect ; and then left the room , in order , probably , to talk over his transgressions to the whole neighbourhood . She staid so long that Madame C ¦ was forced to in search of her ,
go and as she approached , heard her saying , ' to be sure , I don't forget that Monsieur is a cordon rouge after ail , and therefore not made to give an account of his actions to any body : but then when I tiling of my dear lady' here Vi & oira was intertupted in her uufimshei-