This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...of course. You have finished your cake already, mademoiselle?" "Not quite," and I crunched the last bit between my teeth. That was no fancy, at all events--those course, bitter cakes. Is that all that he has to eat, this poor young man, in that dark old castle of his, high up on the rocks? How dreadful, to be poor! ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...of course. You have finished your cake already, mademoiselle?" "Not quite," and I crunched the last bit between my teeth. That was no fancy, at all events--those course, bitter cakes. Is that all that he has to eat, this poor young man, in that dark old castle of his, high up on the rocks? How dreadful, to be poor! Then I remembered what Monsieur de Castaignac had told us, that day at the Golf Club, of why he had no money left in the world, this young Marquis of Saint-Yriac. And when I looked at him, it seemed to me that I could read it all in his face, under that kind grave smile of his--all the loneliness, and the sacrifice, and the long, grinding years. Papa is very good, and very clever, --but surely, he is mistaken this time, when he says that the Marquis of Saint-Yriac is not a good man! "Mademoiselle, you find it beautiful, this old garden?" "Yes, indeed!" "Then you walk here often?--Yes, I am sure you do!" "Yes... no... that is, as often as I have the chance to run away by myself!" I laughed as I thought of Madame Boussard, and those long talks about Octave, and all the company sitting around making jokes and telling stories without taking any notice of me. The Marquis seemed to understand, for he laughed too. "Yes, your time is well taken up, I can believe that, with all the guests at Villa Clematis! But in the chateau, you see, there is no one but myself--myself and the old Mother Jobard." Ah, how dreadful to be all alone, with no company but that strange old woman, in that dark old castle with the narrow slits of windows, high up on that tall gray rock. The evenings, how lonely! and the nights, when one hears footsteps.... "Thank you, mademoiselle, for the kind sympathy which I ...
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