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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is precisely your reputation for learning, interrupted Madame Darras, which influenced me in undertaking this visit.

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Publié par	Forgotten Books
Date de parution	27 novembre 2019
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780243734351
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	5 Mo

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Albert Dar a tu n d out of the de go i t the sight of the s reet of old hou es althou h clo e the L xemb ourg where ive o y serv d to ncre e her fear She be n there h e s of mes before without ever hav ng noticed the drea y pect of co ner of Paris wh ch sudde y st uck her in her pre nt state of m nd She stopped a moment look at the lapidat d crowded front co aps ng on their fou dation the d s rte pavement ithout p e n almost w thout shops the gh rey w ll of S aint S pi at the end and over t mal silenc the ppr sion of a cold March black and den e Though on the poi t of tak g a momento st p w ch threat ned to up t her i ermost ex t n e the poor hara sed woman again felt her r olution weaken a re olu on w ch b en well pondered and cherished for many days th countl ss st uggles A al e p on of con ic p sed over her fa e s l

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pretty after forty years with re ned features an unimpaired delicacy of complexion and an agitation wh ch be rayed a kee ly acute sensibility spite of her absorbing anx e y she did not look her age The slender ure the elastic step the graceful poise of the head harmonised with the idea of youth which the silver threads mingling with the gold of her hair and the dark rings der her eyes half dead ith exhaustion hardly belied Thoug sleepless night had encircled her large eyes with a scarcely perceptible shade their soft bri liancy which added a further charm to her blonde beauty had not been dulled The elegance and yet emphasised of her dress testi ed to her con ciousness and u derstanding of her beauty She had obviously wished for an artistically harmonious e ect of quiet and warm shadbunches A of Parma violets relieved her ot er sk n toque and her coat of the same fur was worn over a violet cloth skirt Certain costu es in nute nish andParis by their m faultless cut class a woman as certai y as a iform and galloons denote the rank of an o cerEver hi g to do with Gabrielle Darras from the bracele s which glittered on her w ists just outside her to the dainty shoes appearing beneath the long pleated skirt betoken d a woman of the French upper middle class a satis ed nobt usive class wh ch ing the encroachment of forei n ideas the t aditional ta t ofghtlythe s as if t perpetuated our cou

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studied charact r of the costu e revealed in the woman who had conceived it a desire to ple e and to keep her r only too natu al the continuation of this story w l show an anom lous position both coquetry and vanity belonged already to past with the years of happiness which one had kept fresh theﬂower of youth in the da n ng au umn of her age present was the anxiety which brought her to a stand ti l on the pavement of the old street the nal hesitation before a v sit w ch might dest oy her peace of mind for ever the dist ess of a moral agony in acute stage w ch resolves itself sudde y a violent determination With a h f ges re of indignant mpatience Madame Darras as if to spur on her weaken ng energy s d sof ly to herself Not ng i l have changed to morrow nothing nothing nothing W at the of wait

With a step once more she went on her head up look g at the numbers one aft r the other i came to the house she was see ing the dilapidated of which made her shudder agai The build facing north omi ously damp dated from a period when the street in w ch the gravedigger of Saint S pice had long l ved was called the rue F soyeurs Nothing had changed for a hundred years in th s house built at two separate periods one part u der the Direct the other under theEmpire on

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remain of ome convent garden by one of the cheap contractor who abounded in those days Owing to the universal confusion caused by war they had o y poor apprentices without t ch cal education at their service Such buildings therefore as the restoration of modern Paris has spared are examples of bungled masonry and ignor t architec re The house in its entirety composed of a main building two storeys high j oined by wings at the corners to a sor of frontal bu lding evidently bu lt rst and decorated ith a pretentious row of busts copied from the antique an Antinous an Apollo a Diana Iron crosses were ed all over the cracked plaster of the walls which no longer held to gether without the help of clamps Built it was it formed a little world its own whose members had their outlet by separate staircases leading to a paved court in the cent e of which the por er had laid out a fantastic little garden Shrubs planted in bs put forth a scan y foliage in the sunless atmosphere There were metal cisterns old petroleum tins preserve boxes led ith soil Out of these climbing plan s were to grow and twine themselves round a rellis of wood and wire erected in the form of a little bower The ingenious fellow was engaged in developing his rustic contrivance further when Madame Darras after having k ocked on the window panes of the porter s lodge vain pushed open the icket gat which separated the ntrance hall from the court yard At the so d of

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b ll at ur gardener looked rou d thout how ever troubl g to stop wor ng in answer vi i tor s question prefe red in a h f voice Is the Abb vrard at home he replied almost rudely Ican t say You had bet er go up and see The st ircase on the lef secondﬂdoor on theoor rst right He a very learned so t ey say w se men ways live the clouds The rough ess of speech o y showed that he served a house of poor and over n erous te ant and eceived very few gra u ties Madame Darra blushed as if she had a personal af ront Although th s isit of hers to the old prie t held in so little esteem by the port r was not in any way compromising sti l had come n nown to her ho ehold and above all kno n her hu band In her remorse at her claude i e act on seemed to her that the in olent look of the u der bred man nt rpreted her pres nce there in an way Hu r n along her head bowed went through the door he point d out to her and up the wo den uncarpeted st irc e th its rty and u even steps Had been capable of reﬂecting at that mo ment she wo d have be n struck by the contr st be e n the serable lod i w ch the man sought had t ken refuge the pla e where she had been to some days before In futu e we w l give the Reverend FatherEitle w uvrard the thech he ight an Oratoria He appear under thi ti le

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