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The Sad Effects Of A Faux Pas.
' 'I his was in winter . The monster left me in three Jipiirs to go to supper . The next morning he ordered his travelling carriage to be got ready betimes , but , in packing up his merchandize , he gave out that he had been robbed . The whole house was alarmed ; the other travellers were in' amazement . Search ' was made in every apartment j the pretended theft was discovered in a chest of drawers of which had the
I key . I was stunned . with questions ; I only answer ed with , tears . Deslandes , with an effrontery which I shall never forget , matched up his lace and his taffeta , and mounted his caravan , after having signed a charge , that the Justice , of the Peace ofthe town had hastil y drawn up , and which no circumstance , but of ' the robbery , made any part . A sense of modesty raised me up , as it were , to such an height , that I should have consented to go to the scaffold rather than confess my shame before so many persons .
i he Justice of Peace , urged by motives which it is unnecessary to detain you with , writ to those of hi gher authority in the province , requiring- them to send a party of marechausse to the spot . In a short time we received four of those cavaliers , who were paid , boarded , and lodged more than three months at my father ' s expence . The house was deserted ; travellers avoided it as a den of thieves ; we dared not set foot in the street . None of those who indebted
were to my father would pay him a shilling , and those to whom he stood indebted pursued him with ri gour . Death released him from his chagrin ; he locked me in his arms when he breathed out his last sigh . ' My mother did not die , and I believe our misfortunes increased her affection for me . We came up to Paris to conceal ourselves ; the road she rized '
on app me that 1 was pregnant , and thischild , which we have so much reason to hate , we have not been able , neither one nor the other , to put away from us . I shall not trouble you with a detail of our . sufferings since our arrival in this city . My mother is a journey-woman on one of the barges of the river that takes in washingand I comfort her for an hour two in the
, or day , while she holds my child : but the little we gained at that work was ' not sufficient to satisfy our most pressing wants , and I at la , st determined to follow the dreadful occupation of a beggar till mv child should be weaned . '
The Dancer again put a piece of money into the hand of this unhappy female , assuring her that he would do his utmost in as short a time as possible to rescue her and her mother from their pitiable condition , and it is perhaps necessary to add , that he exhorted her to persevere in the same virtuous disposition , of which her situation was even the strongest proof . After this he went to dance , thouo-J , not without reluctanceThe which he
. story had just heard afflicted his heart , and took possession of his mind . While he was makino- hjs . cabrioles , he could not help reflecting on the ills which befal the hu > man species . He made , by mistake , an entrechat of six , instead of one often , and a pas de bourree for a rigadoon step : the Boxes felt convinced that he was drunk , and the Pit hissed hinj . VOL . rx , ^
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Sad Effects Of A Faux Pas.
' 'I his was in winter . The monster left me in three Jipiirs to go to supper . The next morning he ordered his travelling carriage to be got ready betimes , but , in packing up his merchandize , he gave out that he had been robbed . The whole house was alarmed ; the other travellers were in' amazement . Search ' was made in every apartment j the pretended theft was discovered in a chest of drawers of which had the
I key . I was stunned . with questions ; I only answer ed with , tears . Deslandes , with an effrontery which I shall never forget , matched up his lace and his taffeta , and mounted his caravan , after having signed a charge , that the Justice , of the Peace ofthe town had hastil y drawn up , and which no circumstance , but of ' the robbery , made any part . A sense of modesty raised me up , as it were , to such an height , that I should have consented to go to the scaffold rather than confess my shame before so many persons .
i he Justice of Peace , urged by motives which it is unnecessary to detain you with , writ to those of hi gher authority in the province , requiring- them to send a party of marechausse to the spot . In a short time we received four of those cavaliers , who were paid , boarded , and lodged more than three months at my father ' s expence . The house was deserted ; travellers avoided it as a den of thieves ; we dared not set foot in the street . None of those who indebted
were to my father would pay him a shilling , and those to whom he stood indebted pursued him with ri gour . Death released him from his chagrin ; he locked me in his arms when he breathed out his last sigh . ' My mother did not die , and I believe our misfortunes increased her affection for me . We came up to Paris to conceal ourselves ; the road she rized '
on app me that 1 was pregnant , and thischild , which we have so much reason to hate , we have not been able , neither one nor the other , to put away from us . I shall not trouble you with a detail of our . sufferings since our arrival in this city . My mother is a journey-woman on one of the barges of the river that takes in washingand I comfort her for an hour two in the
, or day , while she holds my child : but the little we gained at that work was ' not sufficient to satisfy our most pressing wants , and I at la , st determined to follow the dreadful occupation of a beggar till mv child should be weaned . '
The Dancer again put a piece of money into the hand of this unhappy female , assuring her that he would do his utmost in as short a time as possible to rescue her and her mother from their pitiable condition , and it is perhaps necessary to add , that he exhorted her to persevere in the same virtuous disposition , of which her situation was even the strongest proof . After this he went to dance , thouo-J , not without reluctanceThe which he
. story had just heard afflicted his heart , and took possession of his mind . While he was makino- hjs . cabrioles , he could not help reflecting on the ills which befal the hu > man species . He made , by mistake , an entrechat of six , instead of one often , and a pas de bourree for a rigadoon step : the Boxes felt convinced that he was drunk , and the Pit hissed hinj . VOL . rx , ^