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. 1901 Excerpt: ..."Thou lov'st my brother Paul beyond all reason, madame la comtesse." "Beyond all reason," she replied from behind her hands. He saw tears trickling through her fingers, and turned away. There was silence while he walked across the room and back again. "Countess,"--he spoke firmly, standing now close beside her, -- ...
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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. 1901 Excerpt: ..."Thou lov'st my brother Paul beyond all reason, madame la comtesse." "Beyond all reason," she replied from behind her hands. He saw tears trickling through her fingers, and turned away. There was silence while he walked across the room and back again. "Countess,"--he spoke firmly, standing now close beside her, --"Pierre will soon return; I must speak with thee most earnestly. Thou seek'st my brother to give him thy life?" "Yes, father, --or, as it may be, to bid him farewell for eternity, unless 'tis planned by Heaven that we meet again in some strange life beyond our knowledge. Thou know'st somewhat of this purgatory, where souls must go in preparation for eternal life. Tell me of it, father, --what thou think'st thyself, not what thou hast read or heard." "Countess," the priest said, gently, "purgatory to Paul de Chatillon will be whatever life his soul knoweth without thee." She looked up. "Father Gaston, surely thou knowest somewhat of love." "A priest creeps close within the human heart, countess," he replied. "It is to say farewell thou seek'st Paul, --because thy heart speaketh what God above hath told thee of right, or--" He hesitated. "Because he is in danger of Chevalier de Bouteville's skill, unless he be a coward, and the woman who loveth him beyond all else in life cannot doubt his courage," she replied, rising nervously and pacing the floor. "Father Gaston, throw thy priestly duty to one side and open thy heart to my needs. A woman such as I cannot live without the glory of a worship high and fine, --a love which turns my human clay to gold, and not into the creature Comte de Luneville maketh me." "One moment, countess,"...
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