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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Moth and Rust - Together with Geoffrey's Wife and The Pitfall - -Author: Mary Cholmondeley - -Release Date: August 23, 2012 [EBook #40566] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MOTH AND RUST *** - - - - -Produced by M. Jeanne Peterson, Suzanne Shell and the -Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net -(This file was produced from images generously made -available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40566 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 640px;"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="640" height="984" alt="Front Cover"/> @@ -470,7 +430,7 @@ Henry the Seventh's time.</p> <h2><a name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></a>CHAPTER II</h2> -<blockquote><p>"On peut choisir ses amitiés, mais on subit l'amour." </p> +<blockquote><p>"On peut choisir ses amitiés, mais on subit l'amour." </p> <p class="right">—<span class="smcap">Princess Karadja.</span> </p></blockquote> <p>After luncheon George offered to take Janet round the gardens. Janet @@ -944,7 +904,7 @@ straighter than her brother. Perhaps, after all, that was the first attraction he had for her. Janet was straight herself. She fell in love with George.</p> -<p>"L'amour est une source naïve." It was a very naïve spring in Janet's +<p>"L'amour est une source naïve." It was a very naïve spring in Janet's heart, though it welled up from a considerable depth; a spring not even to be poisoned by her brother's outrageous delight at the engagement, or his congratulations on the wisdom of her previous steadfast refusal of @@ -1627,10 +1587,10 @@ Brand.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page <blockquote><p>"Tous les hommes sont menteurs, inconstants, faux, bavards, -hypocrites, orgueilleux, ou lâches, méprisables et sensuels: toutes +hypocrites, orgueilleux, ou lâches, méprisables et sensuels: toutes les femmes sont perfides, artificieuses, vaniteuses, curieuses et -dépravées: ... mais il y a au monde une chose sainte et sublime, -c'est l'union de deux de ces êtres si imparfaits et si affreux." </p> +dépravées: ... mais il y a au monde une chose sainte et sublime, +c'est l'union de deux de ces êtres si imparfaits et si affreux." </p> <p class="right">—<span class="smcap">Alfred de Musset.</span> </p></blockquote> @@ -2063,13 +2023,13 @@ staircase. It was strewn with wreckage. The bent iron banisters, from which the lead hung in congealed drops, supported awkwardly the contorted remains of the banisters from above, which had crashed down upon them. The staircase had ceased to be a staircase. It was a steep, -sliding mass of fallen <i>débris</i>, down which the demon of fire had +sliding mass of fallen <i>débris</i>, down which the demon of fire had hurled, as into a well, the ghastly entrails of the havoc of his torture chambers above.</p> <p>Janet looked carefully at the remnants of the staircase. The heat had reached it, but not the fire. She climbed half way up it, securing a -foothold where she could among the <i>débris</i>. But, halfway, the banisters +foothold where she could among the <i>débris</i>. But, halfway, the banisters from above blocked her passage, tilted<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[Pg 88]</a></span> crazily towards her, insurmountable. She dared not touch them for fear of bringing them, and an avalanche of piled rubbish behind them, down upon her. She turned @@ -3369,7 +3329,7 @@ done so? Why had he suspected her?</p> </div></div> <p>The Duchess was not there, suddenly and mercifully laid low by that -occasional friend of society—influenza. The Duke, gay and <i>débonnaire</i> +occasional friend of society—influenza. The Duke, gay and <i>débonnaire</i> in her absence, was beaming on his hostess whom he was to take into dinner, and to whom he was sentimentally linked by a mild flirtation in a past decade, a flirtation so mild that it had no real existence, @@ -4116,8 +4076,8 @@ where his yearlings were.</p> <h2><a name="CHAPTER_XII" id="CHAPTER_XII"></a>CHAPTER XII</h2> -<blockquote><p>"Il n'est aucun mal qui ne naisse, en dernière analyse—d'une -pensée étroite, ou d'un sentiment mediocre." </p> +<blockquote><p>"Il n'est aucun mal qui ne naisse, en dernière analyse—d'une +pensée étroite, ou d'un sentiment mediocre." </p> <p class="right">—<span class="smcap">Maeterlinck.</span> </p></blockquote> @@ -4923,7 +4883,7 @@ disbelief in both.</p> <p>Janet kept her promise. She held firm.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_226" id="Page_226">[Pg 226]</a></span> Amid all the promises of the world, made only to be broken, kept only till the temptation to break -them punctually arrived, amid all that débris one foolish promise +them punctually arrived, amid all that débris one foolish promise remained intact, Janet's promise to Cuckoo.</p> <p>George married. Then, shortly afterwards, Fred married the eldest Miss @@ -5322,7 +5282,7 @@ he had proved himself to be.</p> <p>The fortnight was over on Saturday, but at the last moment they decided to stay till Monday. Was it not Sunday, the night of the great illuminations? suggested Alphonse reproachfully. Were not the Champs -Elysées to present a spectacle? Were not fires of joy and artifice to +Elysées to present a spectacle? Were not fires of joy and artifice to mount from the Bois de Boulogne? Surely Monsieur and Madame would stay for the illuminations! Was not the stranger coming from unknown distances to witness the illuminations? Were not the illuminations in @@ -5330,7 +5290,7 @@ honour of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_249" id="Page_249">[Pg 249]</a></sp Madame to miss the illuminations.</p> <p>Eva was all eagerness to stay. Two more nights in Paris. To go out in -the summer evening, and see Paris <i>en fête</i>! Delightful! Geoffrey was +the summer evening, and see Paris <i>en fête</i>! Delightful! Geoffrey was not to say a single word! He did not want to! Well, never mind, he was not to say one; and she was going instantly, that very moment, to stop Grabham packing up, and he was to go instantly, that very moment, to let @@ -5341,7 +5301,7 @@ he was very severe in consequence, and refused to allow her to tire herself on Saturday, and insisted on her resting all Sunday afternoon, as a preparation for the dissipation of the evening. They had met some English friends on Sunday morning, who had invited them to their house -in the Champ Elysées in the course of the evening to see the +in the Champ Elysées in the course of the evening to see the illuminations from their balcony.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[Pg 250]</a></span> And then towards night Geoffrey became more autocratic than ever, and insisted on a woollen gown instead of a muslin, because he felt certain that it would not be so hot towards @@ -5351,13 +5311,13 @@ happy as two pleasure-seeking children.</p> <p>"You will not be of return till the early morning. I see it well," said Monsieur Leroux, bowing to them. "Monsieur does well to take the little -<i>châle</i> for Madame for fear later she should feel herself fresh. But as +<i>châle</i> for Madame for fear later she should feel herself fresh. But as for rain, will not Madame leave her umbrella with the <i>concierge</i>? No? Monsieur prefers? <i>Eh bien! Bon soir!</i>"</p> <p>It was a perfect night. It had been fiercely hot all day, but it was cooler now. The streets were already full of people, all bearing the -same way toward the Champ Elysées. With some difficulty Geoffrey +same way toward the Champ Elysées. With some difficulty Geoffrey procured a little carriage, and in a few minutes they were swept into the chattering, idle, busy throng, and slowly making<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_251" id="Page_251">[Pg 251]</a></span> their way toward the Langtons' house. Every building was gay with coloured lanterns. The @@ -5366,7 +5326,7 @@ stone lions glowed upon their pedestals. Clear as in noonday sunshine, the rocking sea of merry faces met Eva's delighted gaze; she beaming with the rest.</p> -<p>And now they were driving down the Champs Elysées. The fountains leaped +<p>And now they were driving down the Champs Elysées. The fountains leaped in coloured flame. The Palais de l'Industrie gleamed from roof to basement, built in fire. The Arc de Triomphe, crowned with light, stood out against the dark of the moonless sky, flecked by its insignificant @@ -5401,7 +5361,7 @@ Geoffrey thought so.</p> <p>The night is darkening now. The streets blaze bright and brighter. The crowd below rocks and thickens and shifts without ceasing. Long lines of flame burn red along the Seine, and mark its windings as with a hand of -fire. The great electric light from the Trocadéro casts heavy shadows +fire. The great electric light from the Trocadéro casts heavy shadows against the sky. Jets of fire and wild vagaries of leaping stars rush up out of the Bois de Boulogne.</p> @@ -5420,7 +5380,7 @@ and makes little Eva tremble; the inarticulate voice of a great multitude raised in anger.</p> <p>They have passed now, and the crowd moves with them. Look down the -Champs Elysées, right down to the cobweb of light which is the Place de +Champs Elysées, right down to the cobweb of light which is the Place de la Concorde. One moving mass of heads! Look up toward the Arc de Triomphe. They are pouring down from it on their way back from the Bois in one continuous black stream, good-humoured and light-hearted again as @@ -5665,7 +5625,7 @@ little glove, and—he has it still.</p> <span class="i1">Beset the Road I was to wander in."<br /></span> </div></div> -<p class="right">—<span class="smcap">Omar Khayyám.</span> </p></blockquote> +<p class="right">—<span class="smcap">Omar Khayyám.</span> </p></blockquote> <p>Lady Mary Carden sat near the open window of her blue and white boudoir looking out intently, fixedly across Park Lane at the shimmer of the @@ -5674,7 +5634,7 @@ season was all around her; flickering swiftly past her in the crush of carriages below her window; dawdling past her in the walking and riding crowds in the park. She looked at it without seeing it. Perhaps she had had enough of it, this strange conglomeration of alien elements and -foreign bodies, this <i>bouille-à-baisse</i> which is called "The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">[Pg 270]</a></span> Season." +foreign bodies, this <i>bouille-à -baisse</i> which is called "The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">[Pg 270]</a></span> Season." She had seen it all year after year for twelve years, varying as little as the bedding out of the flowers behind the railings. Perhaps she was as weary of society as most people become who take it seriously. She @@ -6198,7 +6158,7 @@ lost in the crowd.</p> <span class="i0">Enmesh me, and impute my Fall to Sin?"<br /></span> </div></div> -<p class="right">—<span class="smcap">Omar Khayyám.</span> </p></blockquote> +<p class="right">—<span class="smcap">Omar Khayyám.</span> </p></blockquote> <p>The scandal smouldered for a day or two, and then raged across London like a fire. Mary stayed at home. She could not face the glare of it. @@ -6540,7 +6500,7 @@ Canada. By <span class="smcap">Samuel Merwin</span>.</p> <p><b>TRISTRAM OF BLENT.</b> An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House. By <span class="smcap">Anthony Hope</span>.</p> -<p><b>THE SNARES OF THE WORLD.</b> By <span class="smcap">Hamilton Aïdé</span>.</p> +<p><b>THE SNARES OF THE WORLD.</b> By <span class="smcap">Hamilton Aïdé</span>.</p> <p><b>THE DOMINE'S GARDEN.</b> A Story of Old New York. By <span class="smcap">Imogen Clark</span>.</p> @@ -6708,388 +6668,6 @@ than graciously when he is gay."—<i>Pall Mall Gazette.</i> </p></blockquot <p> </p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Moth and Rust, by Mary Cholmondeley - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MOTH AND RUST *** - -***** This file should be named 40566-h.htm or 40566-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/5/6/40566/ - -Produced by M. 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