Belle Rose: A Romance of the Cloak and Sword — page 240: what you’re looking at

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224 A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE. order to go and bring Madame d’Albergotti. Ina few minutes Suzanne entered. ‘“‘Since we separated, madame,’’ Monsieur de Louvois said to her, ‘‘I have made a reflection. I wish, in con- sideration of your extreme youth, to forget the fault of which you have rendered yourself guilty.’’ ‘Ah!’ thought Suzanne, ‘‘already it is no longer but a fault; just now it was a crime.’’ ‘‘But,’’ continued the minister, ‘‘I attach one condition to this favor. Monsieur de Pomereux, an acquaintance of yours I believe, has been charged by me with informing you asto what that condition is. Ileave you. Monsieur le Comte will bring me your reply; I desire it to be such that I can set you at liberty immediately.’’ Monsieur de Louvois withdrew, and Monsieur de Pom- ereux and Suzanne were left alone. CHAPTER XXXII. A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE. After the departure of Monsieur de Louvois, the Comte de Pomereux, on seeing the great eyes of Suzanne fixed upon him with an expression of astonishment and in- quietude, understood that the mission with which he had charged himself was more delicate than he had thought at first. But Monsieur de Pomereux was not a man to recoil before any enterprise; the most extravagant were pre- cisely those which pleased him most. So he proceeded to impart to her the intentions of Monsieur de Louvois. ‘“You have heard the minister,’’ he said to her; ‘‘your fate is in your own hands, madame.”’ ‘‘That is to say, monsieur, that it is still between his, since he attaches a condition to it.’’ “To tell the truth, madame, I have obtained from my illustrious cousin more than I hoped for, but in a different manner from what I should have desired.’”’ ‘*Explain yourself, please. ’’ Monsieur de Pomereux was silent for some moments. ‘*My faith, madame,’’ he all at once exclaimed like a man who takes his part, ‘I believe the simplest way is to come out with it plainly.”’ ‘That is also my opinion, monsieur." (E(0) =) a) (E(@) iGbooks + ‘ Seer weak ee Pe VE *