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OR,
T2AJfSLATEI>
81 MRS.
SADLIEB.
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P.
J,
KENEDT,
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&
J.
EL
M;
OR,
tlj^
was
in the
mountains of Li-
many
ages, doubtless
because of the
country.
difficult
command
the adjacent
country
the vicinity
when
10
selim; or,
By
fea-
in him.
apin-
richest embroidery,
girdle,
although
was evidently of the finest Damascus steel, and its handle was covered with the
most precious stones. He was mounted on a Wack
horse, fleet and fiery, yet he managed him with ease
and dexterity, as he rode in the centre of his troop,
surrounded by some officers.
Leaning on the pummel of his saddle, he appeared
buried in the deepest reflection, and seemed wholly
it
him
THE PACHA
Started, and, raising bis
11
SALONTCA.
Ob
and
am
him with
his
sternest
aspect.
" T do,"
"
to betray
my lord
my
patron, I
am
wanted to go.
!"
me
!"
Michael
is
you on the
straight road
to St. George
You
dared to swear to
me
was
as to the route,
"
Be
silent, it is
menacing
air;
"and
of the road
any distance.
i\\e
forest
began to grow thinner, and the rocks no longer presented an impenetrable barrier.
on,
still
table-
thicker forest,
feet stretched
in admiration; at his
fertile
and more
watered by
covered
their mosques.
The
It
was a magnificent
spectacle.
left
The
janissaries,
who went
first,
cit
ofi^
with
13
their scimitars
moment.
soon
the
moon
rose,
of
the
the
en-
of
life
deserted.
cipice
without
portal; the
him
water,
to a soldier to
same, and
conducted
keep
to
the
his horse
arched
and gave
briars.
windows deprived of
The Pacha,
be
at sight
selim; ok,
14
fieemed to
up
No
him impossible
minds to
their
felt
of terror.
cret feeling
that
live in
men
could have
seit
made
Again he
such a place
he darted on
tlie
guide a
moment
hand on
his scimitar
but at the
Drawing
prise,
soldiers,
of the monastery.
some moments
it
end
monk robed
in black
appeared
in
the aper-
curiosity not
unmixed with
he had no-
interest, as if
foe.
the soldiers
16
whom
his brethren
Apprised by the first monk that a troop of Mussulmans liad invaded their retreat rather as enemies
than as men who came to seek aid, his first thought
had been
for the
wounded
all
parties.
deserter,
now
acting as
The
chief, excited
18
8KLIM; 01
him no
less
we have
already
seen the impatience with which he was having himself conducted to St.
On
George to accomplish
his design.
monastery, be
come
who
He, therefore,
gave immediate orders to have the Palicare removed
to an impenetrable part of the monastery, known
only to the religious, and he resolved to devote himself to save him to whom he had granted that asy-
17
made
"
the sacrifice."
You must
head a price
me where
tell
is set.
is Amiranti on whose
Think not to deceive me
Jesus Christ
and a renegade
am
can be a traitor
18
sblim; or,
voice,
his lips
murmured
what he
in
you
insult
renegade
!"
"Traitor! renegade
"
" Trailer
felt in his
who appeared
!"
his
"but
let
him be
arrested,
require."
whom
re-
the
the
Turks
oat
After
much
19
example, and
the others
had made.
In the dead of the night Selim awoke his minddisturbed with strange thoughts, and secret terrors
which he could not define. " For more than twenty
years," thought he, " have I abandoned, to satisfy my
unruly passions, both my country and the religion of
;
my
country's prejudices
deem
words of a
career
shelter
morrow,
to
single
man
that rebel
I will
me
or die with
Making these
Amiranti
in the midst of
my
all
To-morrow,
to-
away all
He shall then give me up Ami"
his monks
be stronger.
these chimeras
rzjitiy
restrain
reflections,
will drive
to
20
8lim; oh,
more
He was
when
up
bell,
he
sound continued.
opened the door, and went out of the refectory; the noise of his steps alone sounding on the
broken flags of the old cloisters of the monastery,
reached his heart like a warning for which he could
nohow account. Guided by the mild light of the
sat
He
arose,
moon
falling
he came to a rather low porch closed by two wormeaten shutters, through the numerous chinks of which
faint rays
of light escaped.
Urged by
doubt-
was
still
The renegade
felt
monks
to assemble.
21
family,
in their
him
sensibly,
and he listened to
Cap-
tivated
tempted to think
it
was the
prior, if
whom
he had so expressly
commanded
to keep watch
him
to
till
a favorable
in.
22
srlim; or,
Selim uttered a
stifled
whom
joy to see
felt
feel-
some
by
his
room where he
him a prisoner. His ignorance of the place caused him to wander for more
than half an hour amongst the ruins of the monasthe
left
left his
troop.
in-
To
he tried to |)U8h
it
in,
he
door opened.
Two
janissaries
were on
sen*
23
Aga who
pre-
'
of the
hall,
end
had asked permission
to retire.
Wretch !"
he
you have
let
him escape
no longer there."
is
" It is impossible,"
answers the Aga, pale with terno other means of egress from this hall
than that by which you entered." At the same time
he seizes the only torch that was in the apartment
and darts towards the recess.
Selim follows him,
and i.s struck with wonder on seeing Father Marie
Ange, stretched on the floor, sleeping the quiet sleep
of the just, his head resting on a stone.
ror, "
It
there
is,
is
indeed, he,"
murmurs
prior.
" It is
he that
all
through,
known
tvhich he
What
to the prior
had been
religious
able,
and
his
monks, by means of
24
sblim; or,
assist at the
midnight
office,
less inexplicable
circumstance,
monks were
He
lay
and dejection soon overcame him, so that he obtained some hours' repose.
When he awoke it was broad daylight, and the sun
flooded the monastery with all his glory, showing
more clearly the dilapidation and bareness of the
ancient edifice. On a signal from its chief, the whole
troop was under arms and ready to search every corner of that asylum of zeal and charity. After making
their ablutions, the Turks eat the food prepared for
them by the religious the Pacha then sent for ihe
fatigue
prior.
Father Marie Ange arrived between two janissome of the other religious followed liim in
silence, in the depths of their hearts beseecliing the
Ood of mercies to cast a look of pity on that venersaries
for
liis.
life
As
of each of ihvm
i\)v
hiiri,
he was
25
calm an
as usual,
of his
sacrifice
resigned
life
God.
Seeing him
arrive, the
look at him
all
sumed
power
his hatred
and
had
his avarice
re-
Porte.
turely, for
you
!"
" Pacha,
my
duty and
men
all
Mussulmans are
as such
it
in it treated
Christians nnd
if
Christian,
it,
althoug-i
th.c
26
RKLIM
OR,
shelter
serves death
At
Stop
!"
the same
!"
Pacha,
cried at once:
who
sliraiik for
first
The other
order.
chiefs
hall.
;
He wore
his aspect
the costume of
llie
noble,
*^
cowards
stop,
new
as
crime,
head
Saying these generous words, Amiranti had drawn
himself up to his full height; because of his weakhe was leaning on the arm of a Palicare soldier
who had remained with him in the monastery; this
soldier had informed him of the arrival of Selim
ness,
St,
him to the
hall
moment when
life
of the
at
the
2S
srlim; or,
useless
Your
life.
Palicare vehemently
many
life useless,
;
"
ah
Father
cried the
!"
speak not so
for
how
who now
insult
so;
all
Greece
will
Church of Constantine
phia's
is
it is
cross
over the
St. So-
Mussulmans !"
These words, pronounced in a tone of firm conviction, and with all the enthusiasm of a great soul, struck
the janissaries and their chief like a thunderbolt;
chief falling under the scimitars of vile
from
ous temerity
alive to the
Grand
gloomy
29
The
all his efforts would only have enmore the wrath of the Mussulmans.
Besides, the Pacha had given the order for depar-
Palicare;
but
venomed
still
ture, so nothing
now remained
pared
prior,
moodily on,
him
amazed
atr
this
memories and
its
remorse.
the plain.
so
8KLIM; OK,
II.
But
if their
way
in
bondage.
In a thatched
cabin.,
81
to the
Monastery
of St. George, she had approached that neighborhood, and craved an asylum from a poor shepherd,
who
scarcely arrived
carried off
who
fell
of the Turks.
If Helena had heard of the glorious death of
ranti, killed in
Ami
all
of religion;
in the
hope of seeing
how
with resignation.
On
82
8BL1M: OR,
griefs,
A moment he stopped
fate.
at the door, as if
self to the
assistance of
afflicted,
From
and
sighs,
Mary who
and
if
your
discover to her
all
lips
cannot speak,
let
your heart
from
Her
*'
alone,
Father
father
'
womao,
Virgin
me
forgive
will
so,
33
"
!
but there
is
tears,
nothing
like
name of Mary,
without peiceiving
lena,
it,
"Alas!
my
father,"
woes
Well
God
speak of them,
my
daughter,
manity wherewith
He
tell
He knows
my
them
to
the hu-
He
"
Let us pray,
my
God
84
sklim; or,
is
cried
not dead
Helena
in a
by an
air
of holy authority
his voice,
;
by
He had
celestial splendor.
on his knees.
Helena, her children, and her
servant had prostrated themselves beside him, regardpeared to shine with a
fallen
if
not in
35
northeast.
At some
Father Marie
a horse; he then
knew
that Selim
to
ness the
whom
Greeks,
of the Turks.
The
had witnessed
many
was to serve as a tomb for these gallant chiefs, after they had undergone the odious torments wherewith the Turks thought to revenge their
attempts in favor of Greek freedom.
It was time that Father Marie Ange should arcelebrated Ali,
rive at Janina, if
to see Amiranti.
several of his
The
SBLm
86
monk
OR.
yet suffered
so
might, consequently, be
At
that period of
war and
grave suspicions
the
in
cities
inhabited by
Greeks, and which had not yet shaken off the yoke
of the Turks.
came
them
The
to conspire
latter
in
aid,
if
he could not
God to
whom
life
and
37
his labors
would
name and his business had preceded him No obstacle was opposed to his entrance, and he fi'eely
traversed the apartment leading to that where the
It was a Moorish apartment, surmounted by a dome, which gave light to the room
it was decorated with Asiatic luxury, but with European elegance; for the furniture had been brought
thither at great expense from Paris mirrors of extraordinary height and clearness adorned the panels, and
renegade was^
when
the
monk
Father Marie
him
respectfully.
The renegade
a harsh tone
The
"
he had cast
down
which
arms across
his chest,
regarded the
srlim; or.
really
and
is,
his
difficult to
describe ?
first
interview-
Be
terror;
you
silent,
"be
hither,
be
sence."
" I will
and very
waited
father
SS
was aiming
at.
sweet feelings
fancy to
all
deemed him at the price of His blood, would not refme a favor to a poor monk who comes to ask it in
the name of his Divine Master."
" How ? what mean you
" Pacha, I have seen a cottage where the wind and
the rain penetrate on every side
in that cottage I
Father Marie
Ange stopped
The
again.
tears
life
the
Pacha
flashing eyes.
know you
that for so
raised hia
he, furiously
SKLIM
40
OR,
ing at
Know, now,
too patiently
my
son, the
most
that
was Ami-
it
beautiful of
my
O my
side.
child,
my
all
m^
fell
dy-
beautiful Selim,'^
my
son,
where
now
art thou
body and
fly
was
before
my love"
astonish-
man,
his fury
till
sided.
If the
and his
aflSiction
life
way of
was to obtain permission
Palicare before he was
it
and leave
My
son
venged
it
my
shalt be re-
blood
shall
pay
"
for that
j
;
then,
when
hcj
;
;
gaw
41
tVie
his hands,
*
you
and speaking
in his
will
"
me
but his
fea-
these unexpected
his
"
You will
me
but you
will
him the
dies, to tell
dren.
permit
me
last
to see
words of
how
monk
Amiranti's
life,
and
nevertheless,
whole
filled his
chil-
me
let
"
!
Ange touched
At
him.
" Father,"
said
there
my
is
in
wrath
ask
me
life,
can
all
42
15lim; or,
the Grand
frtrbid
am
but
him
see
in the fear
aii
his orders
the prior,
who
some
all
at
once
they
most excruciat-
flies
and insects of
43
who
He
chiefs;
he was
still
it
alive,
recognized him.
The
charitable
in a
monk
hastened to
trembling voice
" if I had
answered the
water."
father, looking
*'Poor
unfortunate
!"
if
murmured
" I thirst,"
in the
hope
Through
and he ran a
who thanked
could express
all
way
little
the
communicated
it-
to fetch a
he brought
it
and ran
"
Thanks,
fa*
14
sblim; or,
thanks
ther,
"
said
he
somewhat stronger;
in a voice
your blessing
The
I shall
now
give
die easier."
his sins,
The gate of
there
it
opened
after
having
conducted Father
jailer
A time-worn
flight
all
gloomy
arches,
to
go to
death.
to light the
fetid
monk;
smell escaped
But the
came
to conduct
him
to
warning the
monk that he would only have to knock at the door
to have it opened, when he wished to get out.
Astonished at this visit, Amiranti did not, at firHt,
the
torture.
jailer
retired,
tomed
My
father
visit the
resolved to
save him.
my
father
!"
his feet;
self at
who had
45
*'is
it,
indeed,
death
"
My
son,"
answered the
wounded,
made an
me
to visit and
in prison, sick
Pacha,
and
who gave
me
good
curiosity
rklim; or,
46
was
really a
The
all
di-
his efforts.
palace of the
away
prior had
the lake.
At
it
Grand
Vizier^s return
eigjht
his
days at Ja-
was spoken
of,
and
whom
is
with
its
cowl.
own, so as to conceal
more
47
easily,
and so
far dis-
it
the
was near
six o'clock,
first
that the
apartments.
who
him.
Still
more
be
that
and groans.
the
decorated with
all
in
little
child
18
sblim; or,
able,
The good
matter was
child.
what the
stantly dispelled
in-
his
appear.
''You love
deep
feeling.
to restore
him
his life
is
to hcalili
precious to you
by the hand of
ITis
tone of
pray
God
servant;
49
him."
life,
am
content."
religious
it
name of
name of Mai^
Joseph."
his agitation;
him
in his cradle,
he announced
fear, that
left
the
to repose.
8l<;iiiM
f
UK,
between both
He
il
his.
in,
and
The
nade.
my
friend," replied
the promise I
fulfil
My
"Ah
ment.
father
" I
verse
wife
save
made your
me !"
poor Helena
her,
now
my son
know
her, then,
!"
all
was
all
to
saw
come
to
obey
it
me
in
things
"
Yes, father
astonished.
!"
stili
mor*^'
Well
51
"you
You
should be discovered.
wiJl
will
cover
you
as soon as
descend the
path
first
little
therein, and, if I
without
waiting for
me."
which
dream,
Rousing
But you,
the
father clothed
himself, at last,
from
here exposed to
all
the insults,
Pacha?"
"Fear nothing
for
time
all
him
in his
his stupor
you remain
me, I have nothing to fear I hope to rejoin you in less than an hour."
" I will not go, father
rather death and the most
by
it
for
you
here."
me;
I in-
on your departing."
Father Marie Ange spoke with an authority impossible to resist seeing that his efforts were useless,
the latter bent his head in silence and prepare*! to
sist
52
sklim; or,
obey.
" Bless
me, father
1"
on
his
knees;
^'
but,
self
knocked
at the
he
fer-
door as
usual.
already
one
prison,
diffi-
at the
edge of the
lake.
The
jailer,
woke
ni>
ngain by the
53
redoubled
he
rises,
You
me
out, or I shall
Hearing
jailer,
this,
monk.
" I
ot'it to
it is,
it
out before."
God
them to
Both then seized the oars
and rowed rapidly away from Janina.
Amiranti
knew some faithful Greeks who were intrenched in
the mountains it was to them he thought of repairing the night favored their flight, and in a few hours
they were beyond all pursuit.
Some leagues from Janina they landed; having
sent their boat adrifi on the lake, so that it might
give no clue to their retreat, they advanced into the
woods that bor 1ered on the lake. Amiranti was at
to loss to find his way; the woods, the defiles the
turned thanks to
64
SKLIM, OR,
all
tomed as he was to
him without difficulty
they walked
all
When
first
rays of light
hidden in the
Lower Empire.
woods amongst
its
steep rocks,
stations,
erection
Difficult of access,
it
It
was
was
an arsenal, moreover,
friends,
chief in
ifl
55
ac-
clamatlons.
On
ar-
all
God
for
rant i.
and children
to the
late jailers.
" I
saved the
" I
life
but especially to
fall
on Amiranti'
deserved a reward
it,
made
but, in
use of the
56
selim; or.
and
lively impression
on
it
made
bis
a deep
first ez^eol
but to
re-
easily
hom
be made appear as aa
or-
re-
dinary escape.
Having sent
him by
all
57
111
and children
Events succeeded each other with rapidity, and more
than one combat, in which the Cross had remained
St.
George's
Monastery from the city of Missolonghi. The Turkish army, three times more numerous than that of the
Greeks, had been entirely defeated. Of five hundred
janissaries
who had accompanied the Pacha of Salonleft but one man to bear to that city
ica,
there was
the
news of
their disaster.
A Turkish
town, situate
in a fertile plain
in
sblim; or,
the light of
tliis
them
to the
Every hour in the day the gate-bell of the monaswas heard to ring; now it was a Turk, now a
Greek; the former wounded, coming to crave assistance
from the venerable religious the latter a fugitive,
coming to St. George to seek an asylum. Pursued,
tery
place
small
in
number only
the monastery.
still
The night
office
still
of
its
tired
plaintive
to
whiten the
gray
tints
harmony
re-
dawn commenced to
dark summits of the mountains. The
their
cells, till
the
faintly
As
59
man
in
distress.
man in
his person,
in
his
poor
little
with me,
"you
am
one
is
my
shall
have
all
that
is
necessary,
religious,
you and
this
child."
Father Marie Ange took the child the Turk followed him, looking round him apprehensively. Arrived at the infirmary, the Father Hospitaller made
a fire, and prepared food for the stranger they made
the child drink some goat's milk, then gave the forlorn wanderers a plentiful repast.
For two hours all were again asleep in the monastery, when the bell, rung as violently as before, once
more awoke the whole community. It was the time
;
eo
selim; or,
for rising
rare to see so
many men
monastery, and
it
was the
first
in
good order
it
entered the
A monk
head.
to St. George's."
tells
61
fere him, " they are Greeks, Christians, they will not
harm you."
In his astonishment he
its
shelter.
" It is
he
it is
he
!"
they
all
they
tries to con*
ceal
his child,
and
" Stop,
him
in despair places
unhappy men
in the prior'a
Father Marie
Anoje, dartinoc a severe look on the Greeks and their
chief " since when have Greeks, the soldiers of the
arms.
!"
cries
in the
name
of
voice,
soldiers;
full
fire,
towards him;
us.
You
appear
sar
62
selim; or,
prised.
But you do not recognize this man whom
"
you so generously defend
" Unhappy man, be silent
were it my most cruel
enemy, you should only take him hence by trampling
"
on my body
" But, father !" cried the young chief, " he is the
murderer of our brethren, and he was also the first
;
who
"
"
Jesus
my Redeemer
terest
" It
and
" is it
is,
indeed, himself,"
you baptized."
other
"
he
first
go with us we
;
will tear
him away
air:
now
as he did Amiranti."
barbarians," he exclaims,
us
OJB
we
tion I"
man
in a penitent tone
forgive
"Pardon
pardon!'' repealed
all
63
the soldiers in a
"Go now!"
said
Pardon
my
too, for
"
!"
my
sins,
Unfortunate
!*''
"
numberless crimes
said the
pardon me,
!"
them
will
!"
" Oh
yes, I repent, but can I hope to obtain pardon of so many crimes ? You already know that I
a^n an unhappy renegade; but it is only now, in pre!
the horror of
Born a
dnct.
my
apostacy and
my
of
grief,
suits, I
feel
Christian,
criminal con-
after seeing
my
father and
my
sinful
mother die
came to Turkey
quired in
my
Sultan's favor
some accomplishments,
me
ac-
the
to please
To
country.
blood.
stifle
Ten months
remorse, I bathed
all
in
ago, when I
my
me
sentiment attracted
me
towards you,
and I cannot
tell
SFLIM, OR,
64
My
again over
my
remorse
Tour
cided
me
to bring
"To
distract
I felt a
letter de-
had ordered
alive.
ever.
myself from
my
it,
I took
an active
than
against
my own
life.
and
my
it
otherwise;
ters to save
off,
will, it
v/hen
my
the
son
enemy
Wandering a fugitive
insurgents who sought
into their hands with
of the Prior of
was overcome,
I ran to
my
headquar-
in
pursuit
of me.
my life,
my child,
I should
if I
have
fallen
St. George's.
Yesterday even
to tnrn
T had
me
the
way
66
to the mDiiasteiy.
The
hand of God was on me; it behoved me to find imraediate shelter from the ftiry of the Greeks.
I
counted on your charity, on your mercy, and not in
vain but when I saw that suffering and misery liad
changed me so that I could not be recognized, I had
not courage to tell you who I was, and I would have
gone away without letting you know my name, if the
Gre eks who pursued me had not forced me to do so.
In all these misfortunes, coming in so short a timo,
I mr*st recognize the punishment which God inflicts
upon me; I have lost my camp, my treasures. Oh
But am I too much so ?
father, I am well punished
Oh no I am too guilty, and the sufferincfs I endure,
!
how many of my
fellow-creatures have 1
made under-
many
8kum;
or,
8atisf>ictorily.
After
some moments'
friend," said
silence
You
my
But,
tell
to Salonica ?
that city."
"You mean
gade sadly
" yes, I
am
still
!"
Pacha of Salonica
I can
my
God
fortune.
to
We
61
"
am
a Frenchman
"
seilles-:
And
"
in
joy
"
is
Ah my
!
brother
my
brother
1"
Great
you,"
murmured
it
This, then,
is
the sympathy,
bound me
to you,
they sat
gade spoke
"
My
other's hands.
The rene-
first.
brother,
my brother
murmured
he, "
may
still call
"
effaces
all,"
may be
the crimes of
met
id
sklim; or,
68
any whose enormity exceeds the price of redemption ? No, no, one single drop of the blood of
the Son of God would suffice; what is it now, then
when He has shed it all entire ? You return to God,
my brother there is joy in His kingdom for He
said there would be more joy in heaven for the conversion of one sinner than the perseverance of ninetyoine just. Let us rejoice when the stray sheep reFor me, brother, I am the
turns to the fold.
happiest of men; happy in having found a bi other
whom I thought dead to God happy that Provi/^ence, so just and so holy in its ways, has deigned to
make use of me in bringing back the Prodigal Son to
Let us thank it, Auguste let ug
his father's house.
adore its sublime decrees, and pray that it may continue the abundance of its graces to us."'
Saying these words, Father Marie Ange knelt down
with his brother, and, with heartfelt fervor, both of
Auguste Desnoufered their thanksgivings to God.
ards,
as he must henceforth be called, since he has
tliere
become again a
Christian,
mercy of God.
\i\m the
pardon of
They were
still
his crimes.
in prayer,
portei
com
some Greek
stall
Father Marie
Ange
69
and desired
quitted his
same
nation,
last
sion of
to ask
all
as he possibly could,
and
present.
of his
faults,
Amiranti,
and
first
his
repentance so deep,
to run to
him and
press
tliat
him
in
sentment.
All present melted into tears; sobs and groans
were alone heard under the ruined arches Auguste
Desnouards held the feet of his former enemy in a
close embrace, and asked his forgiveness in a way
;
that |)enetrated
70
^elim; or,
arms.
To
with heaven,
his
sins,
morrow he might
announcing to him
receive his
Redeemer
After the
offices,
all
went
Lord
for the
of that day.
he retraced with
him the tumultuous years of his youth.
"Notwithstanding all my evil inclinations and the
familiarity of brotherly friendship,
impetuosity of
my
" that it
wa^
fa-
is
his
falsehood he
is
faith,
for a
publicly renouncing
well aware."
sad years
when
conduct, a source
You
re
me
my memory:
^Auguste,
my
life
me many
may the
71
of
sacrifice I offer
it
to
God
avert
caused us
so
May
don
all
much
grief!
I bless you,
Auguste
my
heart
!'
"
indelible impression.
that of
my
father,
much kindness
possession of
know
ings
all
was soon
be followed by
me. So
to
my
with what
and of
It
who
my
eyes
I tried to take
fatal ardor, in
deemed
necessary to stop
it
travagance.
me
in
my
criminal ex-
My
intention
tant regions.
direct
my
was
to
The wars
go seek
in
my fortune
The
I presented myself as a
me
to
necessity, the
in dis-
turkey induced
me
;
em-
I suc-
young French
oflS
selim; or,
72
cer,
ists
turned
account, and
my
talents
crown of my misfortune.
obtained
this
was the
My ambition was
strongly
Alas
greatest of crimes;
of
my
blood
You
" Oh
"
can do
it,
it was without
morse your brother broke tlms with heaven and
Oh no the faith was profoundly
conscience.
!
re-
his
en-
my
profligate youth
The day
my
sacrilege, I received
su-
The
had
it
made
when, notwithstanding
last night,
still
the
title
cry of
my
conscience.
me
my
guilt
the most
It
pursued
me
the infamous
73
more than my
" In a
mon
feet,
tic
life
my
honor,
moment
of suicide entered
my
heart
I started to
it
my
with a fran-
my chamber
I walked rapidly to
and fro
for
proaches
spare
I
me
that
still call
gave birth
you so
?
opprobrmm
?
Was
Was
it
he
it
I fed
with
my
milk, that I
'
'
SBLIM, OR)
74
weapon
fall
from
my
down
again in
in-
describable agitation.
"Next morning
nounc ed to
evil passions, I
going to execution.
" When I found myself amongst the janissaries, I
had to resume that martial air which I had acquired
during
token of
fatal act
was consummated
Uttering these
last
sabre, the
after, the
!"
heaved tumultuously.
length,
"how
frightful abyss
infinite is
Thou
"
Oh,
my
he at
iest
"
From
Now,
it
human
the
will
would
is
I have but
possible for
fain
shed drop
drop, for
my Divine
76
He
spared
salvation of
all
men
It
is,
you that have drawn upon you such unhope 1-for grace.
I remember, as though it were but yesterday, the
effect produced on us by the news of your disappearance from Marseilles. Notwithstanding all the grief
you caused us, you know what affection we all bore
you. We thought at first that your absence would
not be of long duration; and when several weeks had
passed, we hoped to receive a letter from you, to tell
us what your intentions were, and to what country
you had gone. Our brother Henri and our two sisters, who were all three models of virtue and piety,
ceased not, thenceforward, to intercede for you with
God, endeavoring to draw down on their unhappy
brother the blessings of heaven, by their prayers and
their good works.
"For you, my dear Auguste,! nourished in my heart
a design, the execution of which I was oblirt>d to
re
srlim; or,
As
family, I
sisters,
Two
years
Your absence
paralyzed
all
the elements of
Our
gathered around
us.
least,
We
could
we
we
feeble, died
The
count of
its
austerities, still
Our younger
sister
was now
free,
of our order.
efface
77
your memory
As
mysel**
and our
sister,
and offered to
God my
entire conse-
my
what
to
my
little
unknown
colony of religious
to
you placed us
was
country.
made one
of those two nations,
Italy,
of a
and
finally
than
common
ardor
ft-lt
Tu defending Amiranti
rultm; oh,
know
it
me
my
An
resolution.
interior voice
that
it
whom
Your
threats,
me.
Oh
all
events
by
its
adorable decrees!
the same
charity
faith,
!"
fell
on
his
returning thanks to
favors bestowed on
him and
to
onsecrate
my
mean
God
his.
*'
79
God
will
You
I have so outraged.
make known
to
me
the
will direct
new way
me, yon
which I
in
am
to walk.
me that turned
God from me and drew down
upon
me
my
Henri,
Oh, Charles
worthy
my
sisters,
father,
"
my dear Auguste,
Yes,
it
to
Oh,
mother,
henceforth I
my
you
will, I
my
my
hope,
!"
to perfection.
Opportunities
may
in the warrior's
armor,
If,
for
united,
h
mds
valor
my
countries."
U shown, some
t
mound
may be
seen a
80
srlim; or,
and the
became
the other
fell
caring
memory
'ple.
DE FROMENTAL;
AN EPISODE OF THE WARS
IN THE EAST,
IN
FRANCE
NEW YORK:
P.
J.
KENEDY,
1896.
Copyright
D &
J,
DE TEGMENTAL;
AN EPISODE OF THE WARS OF THE EASl
UNDER THE REIGN OF TERROR
CHAPTER
IN FRANCE.
1.
"And," said
Moynault in the declamatory language of the period, " Garnier will have
of October;
men
trouble
enough to
for the
find
to
fill
are infested
Mans were
at
heart
must nevertheless
be allowed that the Revolution possessed at Mans, as
it
DB FKOMENTAL
6
in other
partizans, not
alone
their
fixed opinion of
for-
Among
his sister, a
dwelling in the
They had
Rue
portly old
life,
inhabited a
Basse.
who
carried
on the business of a hosier in the Rue Petit-PontNeuf, a fortune of fifty thousand francs, scraped
together by the daily profits of his trade but not
;
little
of ambition which occupied their minds, to the absorption of every other idea.
D8 FROMENTAL.
As
Btrode,
his
city,
of the hand.
Thus
it
reached
Mans
citizen
when
Che^
the report
DB FROxMENTAL.
8
citisen
sister, as
well as in
when on
the 10th of December, at nine o'clock in the morning, Mdlle. Petronille, while still at
her
toilet,
saw
man
pre-
explanation.
"We
murmured
are lost!"
citizen Chevert,
who
by
this
evening perhaps
Are you
quite sure of
am
it,
moment
me
in
demanded
her turn.
sa<I
who came
this
himself,
tell
town
as conquerors."
DE FROMENTAL.
**
We
must
fly,
my
brother,
we must
very instant."
"
we
to fly to ?"
"To
We
have,
it is
it
our
"
will."
all
we
possess to
who found
besides we will
nille,
"
carry
oui
by
thib
valuables."
Ch evert
D FROMENTAL.
10
country in danger
arm
many others
thyself and
come
pistols;
1"
Hang
"
suading
me to
physic,
you ?
me from
My
it
is
is
and taking
Do you
!
wife, too,
would
fain
have dissuaded
am.
days,
city
my
and
"
property destroyed."
Oh Heaven
!
citizen Boursel,
us in such danger as
all
do you
really think
ing color.
" That,
They
say
Heaven grant
ours
that they
may
i"
" But
moment
DK ITROMENTAL.
11
of young recruits
smelt powder;
our protection,
if
all
the good
patriots
"
terrible
neighbor
" but I
have already
muoh
no?"
his
lost too
or at
all
reflections, citizen
Che-
Forward
though
I"
What
all
alone
a poor
12
DB FkuMSNTAL.
defenceless
woman!''
cried
Petronille,
half faint
ing.
"
I
Keep
am
ing
quiet,
you goose, I
shall
all
^'
;
first
signal."
And
The
first
down
all
then,
first
\n:r
own
personal
call
DB FKOMNTAL.
CHAPTER
As
citizen
18
IL
said,
Mans
decree of the
Convention
and
still
The Rue
most
Basse, in which
by the
di-
street of the
La
14
DB FRQMNTAL.
latter
At
down
it
to avoid the
re-
Abbey
of Epau were felled to supply that place with temporary fortifications, and at Gue de Maulny two guns
were placed, together with a handful of soldiers of
the battalion of Vincennes, twenty-five hussars, and
several companies of recruits from the district of
Ferte.
About two
of an hour.
ic
first
was carried
Vendean*
upon
who formed
tunate
their
Desmerres,
all
obstacles.
who commanded
PS FKOMKnTAL.
hif
heroes
among
this
brave troop of
moment
by
their
surrendered at the
summons
first
a hasty retreat
by the way of
army made
its
de Saintes and all the Republican authorihad prudently evacuated, carrying with them the
money of the public cofiers, and part of the registers
bot, Garnier
ties
of the administration.
alive,
augmented every
moment, the denouement of the drama, which was
acting almost beneath her window.
What
will
become of us?"
turned
"
My
"
opinion, Mademoiselle,
we can do is
two
is
re1"
down
in a corner
had embraced
As
for
cit-
republicai]
DE FllOMENTAL.
16
The
like the
in the street.
What is the matter now ?" cried she and curiossurmounting her fear, she half opened the window
gently, and ventured to take a peep through the blinds.
strange spectacle presented itself to her view; she
perceived an immense crowd of men, of women,
of children, and of old men, walking on pell-mell,
some with arms, others carrying all they had most
"
ity
it
was
like the
Vendean army
defiling
departure
in
march and
rendered indispensable.
more than
sixty thousand
souls, scarcely
The
counted
all
at
FROMENTAL.
17
they
tired in a round vest smd chamois pantaloons
wore hats of the time of Henri Quatre ornamented
with white rosettes, and in some eases with the lily
embroidered in gold. A scarf or white girdle formed
;
the distinctive
mark of
and embroidered with the fleursThe cavalry were not distinguished from the
de-lis.
foot soldiers by any uniform, but the first who could
obtain possession of an enemy's horse, mounted it^
and became a horse soldier immediately.
solitary flag white
The
procession lasted
hours, so
whom
re-
af-
air,
Brother
Brother
me r
She then sank into a chair pale and motionless as a
rude knock at the street door soon shook
the whole house. Petronille sprung from her seat,
and would fain have forbidden the door to be opened,
but the words died upon her lip-, and she agam sank
back upon her seat. She heard the sei vants withdrawing the bolts, then a manly and sonorous voice,
in no way resembling that of Chevert, resoundstatue.
18
DB FROMKNTAL.
staircase.
In a
moment
all
the
faint.
arrived,
VBOMNTAL.
CHAPTER
When
19
III.
was extreme on seeing herself surrounded by three graceful young girls, who were supporting her with the tenderest compassion, whilst a
lady of more mature age held a smelling bottle of rock
her astonishment
is
coming to
young
girls.
lady,
and dignity.
"
her speech.
Tjljien casjbing
"
Where am
"
Poor
exiles,
days."
"
You
she in
Mme.
20
DB FROMBNTAL.
named, was a
years of age.
woman
ters,
'
likened,
'
'
Calm
yourself,
Madame,"
any harm."
"
"
replied Petronille,
charmed
guests, and
would be a protection to
" I
am
;l
DE FROMENTAL.
21
some of the
everything that
we have
oldest wine,
of the best
and pre-
!"
Whilst Petronille was engaged in making preparations for the comfort of the strangers, the latter dried
their garments,
fire,
"
the mother.
"
Not as much
we
are
nate
it
foot
"
know how
We
Mme. Boguais
smiled sorrowfully.
tion bestows
!"
girls
them fervently
Almost at the same
pressed
she
to her heart.
22
D FROMENTAl*
Rosalie^ "
"
it is
yourself,
my
What are they doing now, and is there any news ?"
Mme. Boguais eagerly.
asked
Bah
flight,
all
safety
f
men
the
and nothing
in the
to be
is
children."
"
Yes
is
sentinels."
"
You
talk like a
consummate
but
how make
measures
understood
sin;
whelmed with
general,
my
by poor
peasants,
little
over-
rest ?
so
but obtaining a
morrow,
fair cou-
need
be.
23
DB FROMENTAL.
eat
"
And
perhaps be
all
surprised
have,
jrals
"
and massacred
my dear
we may
in the night,"
it."
God
And if
it
to let our
shall
reflections
"
!"
of events, so as to baffle
according to
all
quest, precious as
lead us ?
all
Do you
shall
all sides,
we be
foresight
it
but,
con-
open on
human
The
driven hence
by a
superior force.
What
24
J>E
FKOM^NTaL.
will
aess,
us,
and
"Well, mamma, we
?"
we
sufierings,
ours
we may
men like
familiar to them.
now,
at the attack
in captaring.'-*
!"
cried
enthusiasm.
"
And
des Arts.
is
prisoners
made them
DK FROMENTAL.
combrft of that noble Prince de Talmont,
little
Celeste admired so
"
What
"
This morning as
much
whom my
has he done,
closely followed
when a republican
white
scarf,
army
hussar,
to
who
protect
rid-
its retreat,
In a
moment De Talmont
am
with
thee,^
"Oh! how
"
On
chevalier, "
!"
and
re-
DB FPOMENTAL.
26
publicans mingled their plaudits and shouts of admiration at this brilliant passage of arms,"
At
this
Mme. Boguais
apartment, and
all
Supper
is
all parties.
making a
pro-
"
Good news
me
'^
glance on the
and
still
button-hole.
polite
gether.
much
He is
all
thought she,
" is
hit.
mor^
Thougli vain,
nille
selfish,
DB FROMENTAL.
27
ploying
if
your brother
restore
And
iie
all
is
him to you
arm
to raise her
speedily."
by
dead with
own roof
fright,
more
safe
and
and
m XKOMKNTAI.
28
CHAPTER
On
IV.
Vendean leaden
and decorated with
hats,
mark of command,
against the
them.
The
was to abandon
it
in hot pursuit of
of,
therefore,
useless conquest,
and again
as acceptable as
it
whom
was
and
worn
repose
really neces-
^ry.
The
la
Biche
iii
discussion
desirable for
DB FROMENTAL.
the scene of the.r
29
first exploits.
forts
sol-
in the
D FROVIENTAL.
3C
relief
Mans.
fall
back upon Le
neithei
close
La
Rochejacquelin, returning at
full
tion,
La
men
in
greater numbers.
the streeta
The Ven-
assailants, while
the oflicer
31
FAOMENTAL.
tigue,
;
treat
voices
Laval.
DB FKOMENTAL.
112
this dreadful
niglit
of
Thursday.
The
and
terrified nieces
had vainly
The
affliction
was general
Boguais family.
To
all
first
inspired her,
still
first
alarm of the
seemed to her as
though she had not appreciated the humanity and
.tnoderation of the royalist soldiers, that it was madness on her part even to have doubted their triumph,
but that the danger would in reality commence when
the republicans should be masters of the town, for
they would doubtless consider it a crime in the peoapproach of
ple
the,
Vendeans.
It
feeling
them
as a
shat-
33
FR0A1NTAL.
" I shall
more
tranquil.
As
the preserver of
my
brother, I
shall
in the street
when
fr' ends,
who had
other, embraced,
to reascend the
34
FROMENTAL.
soldiery,
their
office.
slender
of Celeste.
The young
girls
Mme.
from
its
maternal
in-
stincts incredible
And
as
they
still
prizes
" Have you, then, neither mothers nor sisters, the
memory of whom should bring the blush of shame to
your cheeks
added
she, her
at her despair,
Madame Boguais
herself
were on
when an
Stop
!"
lirst
who
DB FROMENTAL.
**
They
What
85
the
an old
soldier,
cer-
"take six men, conduct these brigandes to prison, and remember that thou shalt answer
tain confidence,
for
As
me
to headquarters, I
am
Mme. Boguais
full
cast
of gratitude.
officer
a look
nately let
fall
some
of departure, she had not had sufficient time to conThe sight of this gold suddenly aroused the
ceal.
feelings of cupidity rife in this little troop of republicans,
soldiers;
D FROMNTAL.
36
flung themselves
ceeded to
Mme. de La
Fouchere,
The
own
whom
body.
Yes
yes,
it is
brigands, I recollect
"
and
this
woman
him
well,"
added
his
comrade,
Death
cried he,
in divid*
37
DE FROMENTAL.
ing the spoil, which consisted of a
sum of
six hun-
victims.
say that
heads
"
we
Oh
us
women
with our
?"
who had
what
struck the
does
it
blow
first
mat" let
and faces bathed in a cold perspiration, remained motionless as statues, in a state which it is
<i8fe0d,
impossible to describe.
The
own
ac-
cord,
rithin its
gloomy
walls.
DS frombntal;
as
CHAPTER
Two
a commissioner, followed
cials,
V.
by
offi-
man
me."
Petronille
stances,
was
DB PROMENTAL.
M. de Fromental,
was named
St.
Louis, nevertheless
Pardon
"
we have been
so bewildered
it
will
had time
be done
in a
moment."
So saying, she flung into a large trunk which stood
open a motley collection of gowns and neckerchiefs,
with the honest intention of restoring them to their
little
sweet
girls
who,
40
DE FROMBNTAL.
leaning
upon
still
mother's knees.
it.
Mile.
know
"
ly!"
"
They
M. de Fro-
No,
no, I
knew
my word
tiiem in a
!"
moment
it is
Mme.
much; but
she almost
as the officer,
spoke
"She
is
We
she
is
a good
cannot always do a
we would
in
DE FROMENTAL.
world
this
when
41
we were
whether we liked it or not.
The Boguais family lodged with me; I am a good
patriot, citizen commissionaire, and my principles are
well known in the neighborhood, but I must nevertheless confess that these peo^^le behaved as well to
me as the best republicans could possibly have done;
the mother was polite and affable, the young girls
mild and gentle as lambs, and as for their uncle, the
chevalier, he was indeed a fine man and still young
for his age; he was everything that was kind and
they took possession of our houses, and
obliged to put up with
it,
amiable 1"
"And what
quired the
"Alas
officer,
women
in.
interrupting Petronille.
left
yesterday morn-
I went up to the
watch them out of sight, for it was sad to see
them go away thus without any one to protect them
tht y were joined by two other brigtods who came
out of a neighboring house, and I soon lost sight of
them, but I heard afterwards that they ha been taken
by the soldiers and put in prison, and it is a great
pity truly, for I will put my right hand in the fire if
those unfortunate women are not as innocent as newbom babes. What shall I do with this picture, citias succeeded in quitting the town.
loft to
Ben
"
Shall I put
Bather hang
it
it
on
be less likely to
KK OMENTAL.
PF>
pity, for it
comply with
and
was painted
this re-
among
his subordi-
nates.
No
than he took
down
it
again
with attention.
How charming
sisters
who
know
that
name
name;
is
my
Boguais
I ought certainly to
me
a hun-
Ah
well
it is
my
recollection.
In
ful reflections.
4a
DE PROMBNTAL.
the
little
where he
lived,
after^
town of Blamont,
name of
the derisive
"liberty,"
DE FROMENTAL.
three days after the battle of whic:.
we have
already
spoken.
Midnight Bounded from the clock placed in a corit was that the twelve
successive strokes had, by interrupting the young
man's reverie, reminded him that he had a duty to fulfil
or that a sudden idea presented itself at that moment to his mind, he rose abruptly, and pushing away
the table which had served him for a support, tools
his sword and hat from the bed w^here he had deposited them, and hastily quitted the apartment.
Having gained the street, the commissioner gen
eral seemed to hesitate for a moment as to the road
ner of the room, and whether
tie
proceeded
down
the
Rue
tlie
hospital of Coeffort.*
On
militar)'
He
trod with
re-
Mission.
45
DK FKOMENTAL.
rags,
wanting
infirm
misery
mur escaped
and
their
calm and
What men
They
are priests,
DE FKOMENTAL
46
humid
the
soil,
About
itself to his
fifty
all
Accustomed
their clothing.
as
view.
sword
in hand, in the
whom
with
life
its
cries,
while a poor
thirteen, shghtly
little girl
wounded on the
of twelve or
M. de Fromental rushed
the
arm of
relatives,
and seizing
moment when
"Stop
!"
"Very
DK FROMBNTAL.
"
do
as
you
same thing to
me after
alir'
And
M. de Fromental gently
raised the
little girl,
and
ing charge,
when an
old
all
the while as
wit-
with emotion
" Sir," said she, " I
in the conscription,
if
you
care,
'
lake care of
"
two orphans to my
and the little boy
breathed her last,) "I will
(pointing to the
lost
them
little girl,
and
in
memory
of my
Augustus."
then,
my good woman,"
and may
God reward
you
for this
city.
hastily returned
48
D FKOMENTaL.
CHAPTER VI.
After having
whom
he was in search,
still
women and
children,
La Morandiere had
whom
that morn-
ing caused to be dragged from the houses of detention in the city, stripped of their clothes in his presence,
sticks.
M. de Fromental turned
his
head
aside, shudder-
course with
parts,
which was
easily
mounted by a
Vendean women
49
DE FROMENTAL.
bread, no place
but the
shield
damp
on which to
piercing cold of
Many
December
of them wer^
whom, reared
reduced, some of
in the
bosom of
in the world.
and
officer,
dignified,
with crimson:
"
Where
"There
is
I"
your mother
?"
asked he.
voice, pointing to
and gentle
BE FKOMENTAL.
50
the
dome of
girls
the sanctuary,
were supporting
whom two
ol/ier
young
in their arms.
voice.
.
"
Yes,
"
Well,
at the
"
then,''
added
he,
still
let it
those
sir;'
who
Ah !"
is
him save my
children, sir."
>'
aaded she
Besides,"
of a friend."
He withdrew
state of
"
at once, leaving
What
Mme. Boguais
young
in a
girls as
mamma
soon as M. de Fro-
DE FllOMEKTAL.
officer
had
said,
Who
who
chevalier,
pretends" I will
wager anything he
is
speaking of himself,"
said Eulalie.
"
Oh
buite strange to
among the
republicans.
" Nevertheless, I
'
he
52
D FKOMENTAL.
chapel grated
anew upon
its
hinges, and
two
of the
among
commissioner general.
When
it
came
to the
men
As
di-
rectly."
" Whither would you lead us ?" asked she in a voice
choked with agony.
"You
will
know
all
in
good
fellow.
prisoners, bayonets
Had
full
still
so young, in
Would
them
in
them an eternal
adieu,
DE FKOMENTAL.
prived her of her senses, and she would have sunk,
fainting
on the ground
if
who looked
make
like
and at last stopped before a little door half hidden by a projecting wall, whilst he leisurely chose
from the huge bunch of keys which hmig at his side,
that which opened this nook, and then introduced the
captives into a species of closet into which air and
light were only allowed to penetrate by a narrow
window strongly secured with iron bars.
sages,
my
chickens
such as
it
was,
Mme. Boguals
contrived to swallow a
64
DE FBOMSNTAL.
g0od
appetite. -
The air
of this closet,
blessing to
thiefee
unhappy
The young
valid
God
girls
much
was already
females,
felt as
nox-
less
a real
a pretty
With
little
little
sum
!"
trunk, placed
upon the
table a
smoking bowl of
He was
ters
it
jumped
contained, what
there
all
room when
the three
was
their surprise
sis-
what
and joy to
find
everything
house of the citizeness Chevert
in fact, with the exception of the picture destined long
since for their absent father, but which, never having
at the
DE FROMENTAL.
55
all,
to
whom
are
we
can be the
When
name of
this
what
mysterious benefactor
t\ *3m in
the evening,
while
it
of the
captives.
guessed that
it
it
will
be
66
DB fROMENTAL.
proposed.
moment
to lose; he
forever.
on
suspicion.
him.
" And how do our protegees get on, citizen Scevola ?" said he, accosting the Cerberus in the most
citizen,"
responded
if
you
like,
although
it
was only
young
girls are
did
57
DE FROMENTAL,
way:
"
*My good
sir,
former times,) do
me
(they call
tell
sir,
the same as in
us
who
sent us this,
am
obliged to
who
sent us
that?"
And
first
for
my part
justice, I take
my head
tell
them tne
but I do them
trifle
if it costs
you
and as
are singing
away
all
like
so
many
linnets."
" All
long in a cage
linnets,
we must have
live
Ay,
tune; a
little
patience
"
\
'
DK FKOMENTAL.
58
call tV>n),
it,''
" Listen
arm,
!"
no time to
lose in idle
pieces agreed
upon between us
this
sum
by the
do you
hundred
I have
if the
it
words
now
I will double
me
this
very
evening."
" First let go my arm, for you squeeae it hard
enough to break the bones," said Scevola, casting a
longing look upon the pieces of gold which glistened
through the silken network of the purse. " I do not
object to enter into arrangements, but at the same
time we must be reasonable I cannot accomplish ah
that you desire."
Oh you cannot wretch !" cried the officer
beside himself with passion " you cannot, and yet
with half the sum I now offer, no later than the day
before yesterday, you favored the escape of the
citizeness Foubert with her two nieces; and for a
still less sum you suffered a poor old brigande, for
whom a small ransom was paid by an inhabitant of
;
^*
and I
hitionary tribunal."
"Ah!
\(
to
mi
59
DE FROM KN PAL;
farthej-;
Listen
not.
to serve you.
made
color.
The proof!
see here
I"
state,''
said he quickly.
name of Mme.
Boguais.
The commissioner
it
dumb
at this
was impossi-
had been
established.
Why did you not tell me this sooner ?" said he.
" Why ? why, because I did not want to vex you
beforehand."
He
to extract
money
"
avow
from M. de Froraental
which was
as large a
sum of
as possible.
So then,
all
hope
is lost !"
said the
young man
in
DK FliOMKNTAL.
an under tone, and as if speaking to himself.
well to all
my
" Fare-
dreams."
Oh you despair
who
What
say you?
'
ing up.
" I will explain
will see
come to an understanding
whether
together."
we
cannot
ra F&OMSNTAli.
CHAPTER VIL
It
was eleven
was
The
three
young
girls,
seated
by the
side of their
soli-
their
dungeon.
"
"how
delightful
it
in
!"
read-
lalf-closed eyelids.
he
ou.
DE FROMENTAL.
82
not far
is
I dare say,
off,
when we
shall all
What
go out
a pleasure
among
birds, flying
the flowers in
the spring
my
little
garden which
to-
it will
will
be so lovely in
of it makes
me
full
of
joy!"
Mme. Boguais imprinted a fervent kiss on the forehead of her child, but she remained silent, for she was
far
At
in
the passage.
" I hear
sounds
it is
observed the
eld-
eat sister.
The door
chamber
softly opened,
alone, but
In spite
person of the
it
the republican
chapel.
"
Madame,"
my
bowing profoundly,
you is only
respects to
Suffer,
me, therefore,
to
Boguais."
"I
knew
Mme.
Boguais,
" he
j
68
DE FROMBNTAL.
Ahj
Sir,
benefactor, of
whom
friend, that
unknown
to
still
in this world,
less
misfortune
all
your kindness."
"
The
r\[.
Madame,
are
de Fromental,
his
my
my
My
known
all
your confinement.
It
is
64
DE FROMENTAL.
own head
my
by
come
entreaties, will
them
for
some
time,
will
over
whom
I have
where they
but I can
won
them to-morrow
for
known
Scevola,
will
We
be treated with
own
safety,
Mme, Boguais
"Pardon me,
using
all
her efforts to
three
all
however,
is
it
impossible,
and that
it
is
my
your generous
tection treasures
offer,
more precious
to
me
than
all
the
liastily
this
interrupted the
my power
to
I"
65
DB FROMENTAL.
carried
Pie
themselves
at
all
Mamma,"
said
after a
Eulalie,
long embrace
air,
for she
who
possesses
No,
belongs to
The
"
me
I claim
my
right of birth."
do with it,"
you are very quick in
your decisions, you two you manage everything your
own way; but I claim to remain with mamma.
What would become of me without her
This touching debate was prolonged for some time
in the same strain, each of the three bringing forward
said
"
decide;
left.
and
Madame
affection.
not
till
little
" let
repose."
66
Pi:
FllOMENTAL.
softly
The
clarl
lantern
Come up
"
with you
there
" Eulalie
and
not a
is
Celeste,
moment
come
to
along,
both of you."
"
My
dear sisters
it is
called," cried
Rosalie.
" You are mistaken, sister," cried Eulalie, starting
"
Mamma must
"
said IScevola,
two youngest
growing impatient
;
know my
said
Madame
up
all this
" I
bother
?"
orders, I hope."
go, go,
my
beloved children,"
heart
'
it
will
soon be day-
DE FROMENTAL.
67
lidor.
" Protect
"
and
if it
them,
be Thy
my God
!*'
will that I
all
1"
made
4he
and
tears.
in prayers
68
FROMSliTAL.
CHAPTER Vm.
Morning had hardly dawned when
convoy of pro-
^^isions,
The
escort of soldiers
the
men marched on
its
way
tra-
to Angers.
of fatigue
The officer in command was an old red-faced capwho armed h.mself against the nipping morning
tain,
air
charger
"
his
69
left
Parisian.
What
"
is
this fresh
then
fish to-day,
a commander-in-
shadow."
That is true," said Fier a Bras, after having made
his own observations " but what does that prove ?
Is that any reason why we should not converse a
like a
"
little, if
" It proves,
my
more gold
in that chest
contained
my
more or
less
And
"
ing
" I
that
it
contains noth-
contains muskets."
"Stay;
there
is
DK FROMBNTAL.
70
his
Oh
he
see,
is
my
"
What
off again.
we
shal]
it."
can he have
part."
Nor
by getting a
little
nearer,
we
is
me
Leave
alone to
paymg
two
manage
it,"
I shall have
have just arrived at
found out
all
Arnage, where
" Well,
who
about
we
is
it.
halt,
We
and you
shall see."
when
I,
its
march.
"
with a thoughtful
his
companion
air.
is
no more gold
"
Undeceive
Why, what
"
Hush
is
know not
if
affair,
" I
but
71
DB FROMENTAL.
why
should he take so
That
is
much
pains to conceal
it ?"
first."
wholesome
for
may be
so,
shall
a good fellow
The two
a man
after
my own heart."
M. de Fro-
servant
arrived at the
was alone
first
let into
the secret
once
72
DB FROMENTAL
instructions he
him.
The young
mission.
days would
officer
suffice for
ladies to
him at Nantes.
The eighth day arrived, but no
Jerome appeared. M. de Fromental, a prey to the
most anxious solicitude, could neither eat nor sleep.
" If I should only have snatched them from their
prison, to plunge them into yet greater dangers !" said
he despairingly to
At
himself*.
fire,
Ah
man.
are they
all at
"
what
How
Chateaubi'iand ?"
!"
a prosperous journey
with an embarrassed
you
pain.
An
What
"
Well, then,
arm
has happened
to the best
73
BE FKOMKNTAI.
sister
but it was
still
own
The
tallest,
who
received
daughter."
survived
?"
asked the
offi-
who has
know
me
She gave
"
Hand
relieved
it
by
a letter for
to me," replied
family inspired
presse
He
M. de Fromental,
erous devotion,
you.''
little
Boguais
and gen-
im-
him.
which the
hand.
74
VB iTKOMli^NTAL.
obey her; it is thuy that I will strive to render myworthy of hir affection."
self
He
solicited
for a
good
from
client,
was
first visit
to the prison of
Scevola received
whom
him
like a
be
expected.
satisfac-
your wishes.
Did your
linnets arrive without meeting with any disaster?"
And those who were left behind ?" demanded M.
de Fromental without replymg to the question of the
tion I
hope
I fulfilled
all
gabler.
"
is all
right
but
it is all
over with
day."
And,
man's
"
Do
he continued
citizen commissioner.
you told
it is
as cry of surprise
lips,
me
it
was any
fault
of mine,
but typhus
is
it
the
liave the
"I
shall
never
He
The
and
llfi
^6
FKOMENTAL.
Mme.
Legris de
and console
her,
Pom-
had com
this interview a
whom
it
v^as necessary
now
to
communicate
at once.
vered parent.
so
title
on a
of
girl
M. Boguais,
Germany, as well as those
of the grandmother of Eulalie, who was still alive
lie wrote at once to both, requesting permission to
declare himself, and then returned to Nantes, where
he awaited with impatience the answer to these two
resolved
first
le^^*ers.
Three months
with
after this,
the consent of
Eulalie
Boguai&
all
M. de Fromental married,
her remaining relatives,
DB FROMENTAL.
character of her husband was uqual to the fervor oi
his
attachment.
young bride
into Touraine,
that she
was
alive
Chevert,
her, they
if
may be informed
at the restora-
a!
lys
remained
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