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Madelaine.
irresistibly attracted towards the fair young creature AA'I IO SO vividly recalled her lost treasure to her mind . " HOAV , my cousin , is it you ? " said Madelaine , smiling through her tears , " are you little Maurice ? I fancied you Avere a child like myself . " Maurice cordially greeted her ; he had never remembered he had a cousin until that minute . Meantime , the Chevalier hastened to give orders for her reception , announcing to each ofthe old
serA'ants" We have another chdcl . Most certainly , could her mother have beheld her reception , she Avould have experienced no fears for the Avelfare of her darling Madelaine . Her arrival in no way altered their usual routine . She was a gentle , quiet girl , already very reflective and serious , not taking
up much room , aud generally bending silently over her needlework . In a few days they all loved her for her amiability and gentleness . As to her beauty , we will at present say nothing about it ; she was at that unpleasing age when girls have lost the graces of childhood , without yet having attained those of womanhood . She was uot actually prettyand you could not
, feel certain that she would ever become so . HoAveA'er , as she was they soon loved her dearly , and she divided her clays equally between the two chateaus . Far from being neglected , her education was already so advanced as to enable her to continue it Avithout assistance . She spoke French AA'ith great purity and very little accent . Like all Germans , she Avas a very good
musician . Her kind guardians delighted to listen to her when singing her native airs ; but those tunes , Avhich only recalled to them years of exile and sorrow , reminded her so forcibly of her lost mother and distant country , that her tears frequently interrupted her . As to Maurice , at the end of a feAV weeks , during which he had felt bound to do the honours of the country to his
cousin , he appeared to have almost forgotten her existence . He was but twenty , and gifted with all the energy and fire of his age . All his life he had been doubly spoiled , by the Marchioness and by his father , who both considered him the first of his species . A tutor had instructed him in Latin and Greek ; the Chevalier had taught him wood-carving . The good old man
shed tears on seeing his son surpass himself'in the productions of his chisel . Maurice , for his part , appeared to take great pleasure in this and his other peaceful employments , until one bright day , when the question suggested itself to his ardent and awaking spirit , Avhether there were not other objects and pursuits in the world besides the Chevalier , the Marchioness ,
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Madelaine.
irresistibly attracted towards the fair young creature AA'I IO SO vividly recalled her lost treasure to her mind . " HOAV , my cousin , is it you ? " said Madelaine , smiling through her tears , " are you little Maurice ? I fancied you Avere a child like myself . " Maurice cordially greeted her ; he had never remembered he had a cousin until that minute . Meantime , the Chevalier hastened to give orders for her reception , announcing to each ofthe old
serA'ants" We have another chdcl . Most certainly , could her mother have beheld her reception , she Avould have experienced no fears for the Avelfare of her darling Madelaine . Her arrival in no way altered their usual routine . She was a gentle , quiet girl , already very reflective and serious , not taking
up much room , aud generally bending silently over her needlework . In a few days they all loved her for her amiability and gentleness . As to her beauty , we will at present say nothing about it ; she was at that unpleasing age when girls have lost the graces of childhood , without yet having attained those of womanhood . She was uot actually prettyand you could not
, feel certain that she would ever become so . HoAveA'er , as she was they soon loved her dearly , and she divided her clays equally between the two chateaus . Far from being neglected , her education was already so advanced as to enable her to continue it Avithout assistance . She spoke French AA'ith great purity and very little accent . Like all Germans , she Avas a very good
musician . Her kind guardians delighted to listen to her when singing her native airs ; but those tunes , Avhich only recalled to them years of exile and sorrow , reminded her so forcibly of her lost mother and distant country , that her tears frequently interrupted her . As to Maurice , at the end of a feAV weeks , during which he had felt bound to do the honours of the country to his
cousin , he appeared to have almost forgotten her existence . He was but twenty , and gifted with all the energy and fire of his age . All his life he had been doubly spoiled , by the Marchioness and by his father , who both considered him the first of his species . A tutor had instructed him in Latin and Greek ; the Chevalier had taught him wood-carving . The good old man
shed tears on seeing his son surpass himself'in the productions of his chisel . Maurice , for his part , appeared to take great pleasure in this and his other peaceful employments , until one bright day , when the question suggested itself to his ardent and awaking spirit , Avhether there were not other objects and pursuits in the world besides the Chevalier , the Marchioness ,