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diff --git a/58582-8.txt b/58582-0.txt index f59a5ed..ec76ad8 100644 --- a/58582-8.txt +++ b/58582-0.txt @@ -1,33 +1,8 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of St. Martin's Eve, by Mrs. Henry Wood +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 58582 *** -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. 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. If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. -Title: St. Martin's Eve - A Novel - -Author: Mrs. Henry Wood - -Release Date: December 31, 2018 [EBook #58582] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ST. MARTIN'S EVE *** - - - - -Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books - @@ -660,12 +635,12 @@ held gatherings of his own, and was altogether reinstated in social life. On a lovely day in September, Alnwick Hall was filled with guests. -Chiefest of all the fêtes by which that autumn and the neighbourhood +Chiefest of all the fêtes by which that autumn and the neighbourhood had been distinguished, was this last one held at the Hall. Mr. St. John had spared neither pains nor money to render it attractive: and he certainly succeeded. Brilliant groups were in the park, in the temporary marquee on the lawn, and in the house itself; a sort of -_fête-champêtre_. Was it out of place, all that glittering gaiety, +_fête-champêtre_. Was it out of place, all that glittering gaiety, with the closing scene of only ten months before?--the young life so suddenly sacrificed? Perhaps so: but the idea did not once occur to George St. John. It was not likely to do so now, when _another_ was @@ -830,7 +805,7 @@ Caroline Carleton had faded from his sight, and Charlotte Norris stood before him in all her beauty. It is the way of man; ay, and often of woman. _To remain faithful to the dead is not in man's nature_. -The fête was over, and they were driving home--Mrs. Darling and her +The fête was over, and they were driving home--Mrs. Darling and her daughter. To judge by the manner of the two ladies, one might have thought it was the mother who had received so momentous a proposal; not the daughter. Charlotte sat quiet and calm, leaning back in her @@ -960,7 +935,7 @@ school there. She only intended to be absent a fortnight; by the end of that time she meant to be at Alnwick; but ere it was concluded, she was summoned back in haste to her old mother, who had had a relapse. So that it was September before Mrs. Darling really returned to -Alnwick. She arrived just in time to attend the fête at Mr. St. +Alnwick. She arrived just in time to attend the fête at Mr. St. John's, and she went to it without any more prevision of what was to happen than a child unborn. @@ -1177,7 +1152,7 @@ would get on better in the world than we do. She sat in her own room, glancing back at these past grievances, dwelling on others that were more recent. It was the day following the -fête. The interview with Mr. Carleton St. John was over, and Charlotte +fête. The interview with Mr. Carleton St. John was over, and Charlotte was his promised wife. Mrs. Darling had done what she could to oppose it--to the secret surprise of Mr. St. John; but her opposition was untenable, and had broken down. "If you have any tangible objection to @@ -2739,9 +2714,9 @@ been subdued, and she was cordial again. "With all my heart." "But to keep it grandly, I mean: something that will be remembered. We -will have an outdoor _fête_----" +will have an outdoor _fête_----" -"An outdoor _fête!_" was the surprised and involuntary interruption. +"An outdoor _fête!_" was the surprised and involuntary interruption. "Yes; why not? Similar to the one you gave three years ago. Ah, George! don't you remember it, and what you asked me then? We have @@ -2831,14 +2806,14 @@ you women would call so. He _is_ good-looking: better-looking, I think, than any one I ever saw. There, that's enough, Charlotte. Put off anything else you have to ask me until by-and-by." -This _fête_, as projected by Alnwick's mistress, was carried out. It +This _fête_, as projected by Alnwick's mistress, was carried out. It need not have been mentioned at all, but for a misfortune that befel Benja while it was being held. The weather, though growing gradually colder, still retained its fineness; and when the day rose, the 10th of November, it proved to be bright and pleasant. Crowds flocked to Alnwick. As it had been on the 10th of November, -during Mr. St. John's widowhood, the _fête_ or _fêtes_, so it was +during Mr. St. John's widowhood, the _fête_ or _fêtes_, so it was now--a gathering to be remembered in the county. The invitations had gone out far and wide; visitors were staying in the house, as many as it would hold; day-guests came from all parts, near and distant. It @@ -3951,7 +3926,7 @@ these boasts to her companions. The last idea of the kind had prevailed longer than usual. A gentleman, whom she had only seen at church or in their walks, was the new gallant. Rose did not know his name, but he was very handsome, and she raved of him. The school -called him her _fiancé_; not in the least to Rose's displeasure. +called him her _fiancé_; not in the least to Rose's displeasure. On this evening, as you look at them, Rose is in a state of semi-explosion, because one of the other girls, Miss Caroline Davis, who had been fetched out that evening by her friends, was now telling @@ -4137,7 +4112,7 @@ gloves in bed in winter, with some mysterious pomade inside. Rose made little acquaintance with Eleanor that day. She, Rose, went out to tea in the afternoon, and came back very cross: for she had not -once set eyes on her _fiancé_. The story was told to Eleanor Seymour; +once set eyes on her _fiancé_. The story was told to Eleanor Seymour; who sympathized with her of course, having a lover of her own. The next day was Sunday. The French girls were conducted at ten @@ -4208,7 +4183,7 @@ girl. Do you see?" "Yes," replied Eleanor. "What of him?" -"It is he. He whom the girls tease me about, my _fiancé_, as they call +"It is he. He whom the girls tease me about, my _fiancé_, as they call him, I trust my future husband. That he loves me, I am positive." Eleanor answered nothing. Her face was as red as Rose's just then; but @@ -4362,7 +4337,7 @@ more dances with Rose than with Eleanor; and so eager were the girls to hear the result, that those in the large _dortoir_ kept awake until they came home. It had struck one o'clock, and Madame was up in arms; she had only given them to half-past eleven, and they had kept the -coach waiting all that time, while Madame's own maid, old Félicité, +coach waiting all that time, while Madame's own maid, old Félicité, was inside it. After all, there was nothing to hear, for Mr. Marlborough had not made his appearance at the party. @@ -4405,12 +4380,12 @@ read the letter aloud. "My Dearest, "You must have been surprised not to see me at Sir Sandy's. I was -dressing to come, when a message arrived for me from the Hôtel du +dressing to come, when a message arrived for me from the Hôtel du Nord; poor Priestley had met with a sad accident to his hand from the bursting of a gun. I have been sitting up with him until now, four o'clock a.m., but I write this to you before I sleep, for you have a right now to my every thought, to know every movement. You dine here -today, my fair _fiancée_ also; but I wish you were coming alone. +today, my fair _fiancée_ also; but I wish you were coming alone. "Ever yours only, @@ -4468,7 +4443,7 @@ glided in at the porch-door to gain the staircase. "Make any excuse for me at the dinner-table, Mary," she whispered. _Need_ you be told that that letter was really written to Eleanor? The -words "fair _fiancée_" in it alone related to Rose, and Mr. +words "fair _fiancée_" in it alone related to Rose, and Mr. Marlborough had penned them in laughing allusion to the joke in the school. The plot was Emma Mowbray's, a little bit of revenge on Eleanor and Rose, both of whom she envied and disliked. She had made @@ -4531,7 +4506,7 @@ attired in white, with blue sashes and blue neck-ribbons; and the hairdresser arrived very early in the morning to get done in time. A large company arrived by invitation; and just before the hour for going in, some of the girls saw Rose in the garden talking to a -gentleman. Madéleine de Gassicourt, usually so short-sighted, espied +gentleman. Madéleine de Gassicourt, usually so short-sighted, espied her out. "It must be her brodare wid her," cried Madeleine, who was not in the @@ -5374,7 +5349,7 @@ Frederick St. John. Some one was there, but he has turned away again, whoever it was. What do you want to say, mamma?" "Mrs. St. John and Anne partly promised to come in and dine with us, -_sans cérémonie_, this evening. I want you to go and ask them whether +_sans cérémonie_, this evening. I want you to go and ask them whether they are really coming." She stepped gaily over the threshold into the room, all her inertness @@ -8845,7 +8820,7 @@ l'An!" "The what?" timidly asked Grace Lucas. -"Qu'elle est bête!" cried Rose in her careless manner. +"Qu'elle est bête!" cried Rose in her careless manner. "Have some consideration, Rose," spoke Adeline in French. @@ -8873,7 +8848,7 @@ retorted Rose. "When in seven days from this you leave for good!" "Speak for yourself, if you please, Mary Carr," was Rose's fiery answer: "who wants to change places with her? But, Adeline, I do envy -you the balls and gaiety between now and Carême." +you the balls and gaiety between now and Carême." The Castella family must not be classed with the ordinary run of people frequenting Belport. Monsieur de Castella--in his own family @@ -8888,7 +8863,7 @@ lease one of the handsomest and largest houses in the town. Sometimes he had to make long absences in Paris, in Spain, and in Italy; Madame de Castella always accompanied him, and Adeline would then be left at Madame de Nino's. This winter would probably be their last in Belport; -the summer was to be spent at the French château of Madame de +the summer was to be spent at the French château of Madame de Castella's mother, an English lady by birth; and after that they intended to resume their residence in Paris. They were very wealthy, highly connected and considered, and Adeline was their only child. @@ -8898,7 +8873,7 @@ her better--and love her. She was now about to be introduced to the world. New Year's Day was her birthday, when she would be eighteen; and I dare say you are aware -that it is about the greatest fête the French keep, always excepting +that it is about the greatest fête the French keep, always excepting All Saints' Day. Madame de Castella had issued cards for an assembly in the evening, and Adeline was to be introduced. The schoolgirls called it Adeline's inauguration ball. @@ -9246,7 +9221,7 @@ spite of her name and her mixed birth, was an English girl. A month or two rolled away. Adeline de Castella paid an occasional visit to her old schoolfellows at Madame de Nino's; but her time was taken up with a continuous scene of gaiety and visiting. Balls, -theatres, _soirées_--never was she in bed before two or three o'clock +theatres, _soirées_--never was she in bed before two or three o'clock in the morning, and sometimes it was later than that. Madame de Castella, still a young woman in every sense of the word, lived but for the world. The schoolgirls noticed that Adeline wore a pale, @@ -9345,7 +9320,7 @@ know we had half-a-dozen doctors here today?" "Yes, I could scarcely help laughing. I told them all it was very ridiculous: that beyond the cough, which is nothing, and a little fatigue from the pain in my side, I was no more ill than they were. -Dr. Dorré said it was his opinion also, and that I should outlive them +Dr. Dorré said it was his opinion also, and that I should outlive them all yet." "I hope and trust you will, Adeline! Is that the nurse?" @@ -9430,12 +9405,12 @@ the cold winds and frosts of winter continued that year very late, even to the end of April, and for all that period she was kept a close prisoner to the house. The medical men recommended that she should spend the following winter in a warmer climate. It was therefore -decided that the summer should be passed at the Château de Beaufoy, as +decided that the summer should be passed at the Château de Beaufoy, as had been previously agreed upon, and, with the autumn, they would go south. A new rumour reached the schoolgirls--that Adeline was about to be -married. It was brought to them by Madéleine de Gassicourt, and her +married. It was brought to them by Madéleine de Gassicourt, and her friends were intimate with the Castellas. That was a singular year, so far as weather went. Frost and snow, @@ -9547,7 +9522,7 @@ to promise to marry one whom we have never seen." "It is the way these things are managed in France," said Adeline. "And the cause that such doubtful felicity condescends to alight on a -French _mènage_," broke forth Rose, who had been temporarily silent. +French _mènage_," broke forth Rose, who had been temporarily silent. "The wives make it out in their intrigues, though. It is a dangerous game, Adeline. Take care." @@ -9709,24 +9684,24 @@ How little did she know, or think, or suspect, the true nature of the contract she had that day made in her blindness!--what it involved, what it was to bring forth for her! -The Château de Beaufoy, formerly belonging to the Chevalier de +The Château de Beaufoy, formerly belonging to the Chevalier de Beaufoy, was now the property and residence of his widow. She was of English birth, as you have heard. Of her two children, the younger was the wife of Signor de Castella; the other, Agnes de Beaufoy, a maiden lady, had never left her. The property was situated near to Odesque, a small town some leagues from Belport on the Paris line of railroad. -The Castellas departed for the château on their promised summer's +The Castellas departed for the château on their promised summer's visit. Mary Carr accompanied them at the pressing invitation of Adeline. But Madame de Nino would only grant her leave for a week. -Adeline de Castella had represented the château in glowing colours; +Adeline de Castella had represented the château in glowing colours; which caused Mary Carr to be surprised, not to say disappointed, when she saw it. A long, straight, staring, whitish-grey building, all windows and chimneys, with a primly-laid-out garden stretched before it, flat and formal. Precise flower-beds, square, oval, round; round, square, oval; and long paths, straight and narrow; just as it is the -pride of French château-gardens to be. The principal entrance to the +pride of French château-gardens to be. The principal entrance to the house was gained by a high, broad flight of steps, on either side of which was a gigantic lion, grinning its fierce teeth at all visitors. And these lions, which were not alive, but carved out of stone, and @@ -9736,7 +9711,7 @@ running between them. Each was surrounded by eight smaller lions, with another giant of the same species spouting up water from its mouth. Very ugly and devoid of taste it all looked to Mary Carr. But on the -western side of the château improvements were visible. A stone +western side of the château improvements were visible. A stone terrace, or colonnade, wide, and supported by pillars, with a flight of steps at each end and in the middle, rose before its windows, and lovely pleasure-grounds extended out to the far distance. A verdant, @@ -9746,10 +9721,10 @@ sun; a winding shrubbery; a transparent lake: all of their kind charming. For all this, Beaufoy was indebted to the taste of its English mistress. -In the neighbourhood, within easy drives, were located other châteaux, +In the neighbourhood, within easy drives, were located other châteaux, forming a pleasant little society. The nearest house was only half-a-mile distant, and the reader is requested to take especial -notice of it, since he will sometimes go there. It was not a château, +notice of it, since he will sometimes go there. It was not a château, not half large enough for one, and Beaufoy, with its English ideas, had christened it "The Lodge." @@ -9766,7 +9741,7 @@ before, in a previous work: of their birth and residence in Holland; of the singular romance attending the early history of their father and mother; of the remarkable action at law in Westerbury, by which their rights were established. You will not hear more of them in this -history, for I don't suppose you like _réchauffés_ more than I do. +history, for I don't suppose you like _réchauffés_ more than I do. @@ -9775,7 +9750,7 @@ CHAPTER XIX. TAKING A PORTRAIT. -Madame De Beaufoy, née Maria Goldingham, was a genial old lady, stout +Madame De Beaufoy, née Maria Goldingham, was a genial old lady, stout and somewhat helpless. Her daughter Agnes, with her grey hair and her fifty years, looked nearly double the age of Madame de Castella--she was some ten years older. They were not in the least alike, these @@ -10160,7 +10135,7 @@ loth: it was gratifying to her innocent and pardonable vanity. On the Friday morning--unlucky day!--Adeline sat to Mr. St. John for the first time. Her father and Miss Carr were with her. Afterwards he -again went to dine at the château: the evening seemed dull now that +again went to dine at the château: the evening seemed dull now that did not bring them Mr. St. John. Truly the acquaintance was short enough to say this. On the following morning early, M. de Castella departed for Paris, and after breakfast Adeline and Mary Carr @@ -10171,7 +10146,7 @@ sufficient, but not to her. In point of fact, she had no taste for the fine arts, and after Tuesday's cursory renewed view of them, the task proved irksome. She complained much, too, of the walk in the morning heat. The truth was--and it is as well to confess it--that during -these periodical visits to the Château de Beaufoy, Madame de Castella +these periodical visits to the Château de Beaufoy, Madame de Castella lived in a chronic state of ennui. Young and good-looking still, fond of the world, the dulness of Beaufoy was a very penance to her. She went through it willingly as a duty: she loved her mother; but she @@ -10188,8 +10163,8 @@ highly-finished coloured specimens; others bare sketches, to be filled up from memory; the lines of genius apparent in all. The portefeuille was often referred to: even Madame de Castella had been content to look over it for a full hour. It was a motley collection. A sketch of -the lovely Alban hills; the ruins of an aqueduct; a temple of Pæstum; -the beauties of Tivoli; the ruins of the Cæsars' palaces; St. Peter's +the lovely Alban hills; the ruins of an aqueduct; a temple of Pæstum; +the beauties of Tivoli; the ruins of the Cæsars' palaces; St. Peter's in its magnificence; a view from the Appian Way; a drawing of the Porta San Giovanni; an imaginative sketch of a gorgeous palace of Rome in its zenith; a drawing of one of its modern villas; a temple of @@ -10364,7 +10339,7 @@ visit, because she was not invited herself. "Of all the human race, Rose, playing out their course upon this variable world of ours, who do you suppose is located just now within -a stone's throw of the Château de Beaufoy?" +a stone's throw of the Château de Beaufoy?" "I dare say it's nobody I know," said Rose, cross still. @@ -10398,7 +10373,7 @@ LOVE'S FIRST DREAM. Hours, days, weeks, rolled on, after the departure of Miss Carr from -the Château de Beaufoy, and no outward change had taken place in its +the Château de Beaufoy, and no outward change had taken place in its occupants. But in the inward heart of one, how much! The portrait progressed towards its completion, though not rapidly. It @@ -10554,7 +10529,7 @@ of his brother; but he was happy, knowing that his cherished pictures were under the care of his friend. And Mr. St. John did stay on, nothing loth, making the sunshine of the -château and the _life_ of Adeline. +château and the _life_ of Adeline. Existence was somewhat monotonous in itself at Beaufoy, as you may readily conceive, if you have had the honour of sojourning in any of @@ -10590,7 +10565,7 @@ heart was far away, and she only cared that it should end and the morrow be nearer. No singing, after his voice, brought music to her ear; the dancing was no longer the dancing of other days. -The next day was the birthday of Mademoiselle de Beaufoy; a fête +The next day was the birthday of Mademoiselle de Beaufoy; a fête always kept with much ceremony. A dinner was to be given in the evening, and M. de Castella was expected to arrive for it from Paris. In the course of the day a note was handed to Adeline, its handwriting @@ -10913,7 +10888,7 @@ Rose carried Madame de Castella's invitation to her mother, and at once received her sanction for the visit. Mrs. Darling, unless interest led her the other way, was a most indulgent mother--just such a one as Rose herself would make in time. She mentioned that Frederick -St. John of Castle Wafer was located close to the château, with some +St. John of Castle Wafer was located close to the château, with some of Mary Carr's friends. "Is he rich?" asked Rose. @@ -11014,7 +10989,7 @@ wasting fire in them. She was quite well, she said; and so far as bodily health went, there might be no reason to doubt the assertion. Her disease lay in the mind. -The meeting took place at the Hôtel du Nord, for Mrs. St. John +The meeting took place at the Hôtel du Nord, for Mrs. St. John declined to accept of her mother's hospitality, even could space have been found in that lady's apartments for their accommodation. Rose had accompanied her mother to the hotel: Mrs. Darling was ever indulgent @@ -11145,7 +11120,7 @@ for him to be hurried about incessantly. It is wearing him out." "You do _not_ understand them," returned Mrs. St. John. "It is for him that I move about. He grows so languid whenever we settle down. What should you know about children, Rose? Are you a nurse, or a doctor? -You are not a mother. A chacun son métier." +You are not a mother. A chacun son métier." "Comme vous voulez," returned Rose, with her pretty shrug. "Charlotte, I am going to visit where I shall see something of a sort of cousin of @@ -11169,7 +11144,7 @@ abound." "I know of one," said Rose, rather eagerly. "And she is excellent in these cases of--of----" Rose caught back the ominous word she had so nearly uttered--consumption; substituting one for it, however, that -proved little better--"of wasting away. It is her _spécialité_." +proved little better--"of wasting away. It is her _spécialité_." "Who says he is wasting away? Who says it?" @@ -11338,7 +11313,7 @@ And Adeline was right. Late in the afternoon of as hot and brilliant a day as the July sun ever shone upon, the carriage, containing the young-lady guests, which -had been sent to Odesque to meet them, drew up at the château, in the +had been sent to Odesque to meet them, drew up at the château, in the very jaws of the lions. Mary Carr looked out. There, on the broad steps, in the exact spot where she had last seen him, looking as though not an hour had passed over his head since, stood Mr. St. John. @@ -11356,7 +11331,7 @@ gaze, and a burning crimson rushed over her face and neck. Before six the party had re-assembled, including Mr. St. John. They were in the yellow drawing-room, a very fine apartment, kept chiefly for show and ceremony, and one that nobody ever felt at home in. The -windows overlooked the approach to the château; every one was gazing +windows overlooked the approach to the château; every one was gazing for the first appearance of the momentarily expected travellers, Adeline growing more pale, more agitated with every minute; so pale, so agitated, that she could not escape notice. @@ -11455,7 +11430,7 @@ action, have shown that he was the young lady's lover: but in France these things are managed differently. Madame de Beaufoy issued invitations for Monday evening to as many -neighbours as were within driving-distance. A soirée dansante, the +neighbours as were within driving-distance. A soirée dansante, the cards said, when they went out. On the Monday afternoon, when the three young ladies were in the @@ -11818,7 +11793,7 @@ looked at Adeline, but merely said, "Bon soir, mon enfant," and took off his hat to Mr. St. John. Mr. St. John raised his in return, saying nothing, and Adeline bent low, as one in contrition. -"Bon soir, mon père." +"Bon soir, mon père." She glided onwards to a side door, that she might gain her chamber and see what could be done towards removing the traces of emotion from her @@ -11846,7 +11821,7 @@ CHAPTER XXIII. JEALOUSY. -The grey walls of the Château de Beaufoy basked idly in the evening +The grey walls of the Château de Beaufoy basked idly in the evening sun. In the western drawing-room, M. and Madame de Castella, the old lady, and Agnes de Beaufoy were playing whist. Its large window was thrown open to the terrace or colonnade, where had gathered the @@ -11987,10 +11962,10 @@ Adeline rose, and passed quietly into the drawing-room, her step self-possessed, her bearing calm: the still exterior covers the deepest suffering. But Mr. St. John suspected nothing. -"Rose," he said, quoting a French axiom, "vous aimez bien à rire, mais +"Rose," he said, quoting a French axiom, "vous aimez bien à rire, mais rien n'est beau que le vrai." -"Ah," she answered, with another, "ce n'est pas être bien aise que de +"Ah," she answered, with another, "ce n'est pas être bien aise que de rire." Perhaps the deepest truth she had uttered that evening. With outward calmness _there_, but oh! the whirlwind of despairing @@ -12024,12 +11999,12 @@ whether she had been buried. Following Adeline on to the colonnade, where the whole party were now seated, came the old Spanish servant, Silva, bearing a letter for Mr. -St. John. The ominous words, "très pressée," written on it, had caused -Madame Baret to despatch it with haste to the château. +St. John. The ominous words, "très pressée," written on it, had caused +Madame Baret to despatch it with haste to the château. "Does any one wait?" he inquired. -"Si, Señor." +"Si, Señor." "It is well," he said, and retreated inside the room. @@ -12126,7 +12101,7 @@ engagement to the French baron, a word in season might act as a warning. Little did Rose suspect how far things had gone between them. An hour passed. All save Adeline were gathered in the lighted room. -Some were playing chess, some écarté, some were telling Father Marc, +Some were playing chess, some écarté, some were telling Father Marc, who had dropped in, of the young Englishman's sudden departure for England and its cause. Rose was at the piano, singing English songs in a subdued voice. Never was there a sweeter voice than hers: and old @@ -12439,7 +12414,7 @@ what have you brought for Adeline?" "There's many a true word spoken in jest," said Rose, with a laugh. "You don't think you have been taking _me_ in all this time, Mr. St. John, with your letters to Mary Carr, and her envelopes back again? -Bah! pas si bête." +Bah! pas si bête." She went, waltzing, on to the colonnade. @@ -12475,7 +12450,7 @@ anger, and so far forgot himself as personally to attack, by words, Mr. St. John. "A spendthrift, who had run through his own fortune, to come hunting after Adeline's----" -"Vous êtes menteur!" shouted Mr. St. John, forgetting his manners, and +"Vous êtes menteur!" shouted Mr. St. John, forgetting his manners, and turning short upon the Baron. But what further he might have said was stopped by Adeline, who, terrified out of self-control, darted across the room, and, touching St. John's arm, whispered him to be calm for @@ -12714,7 +12689,7 @@ there is no doubt that this trouble regarding Mr. St. John was hastening matters on. The religious ceremony was to take place at the neighbouring chapel, the civil one at the Mairie at Odesque. A banquet would be given at Beaufoy in the evening, and on the following morning -the bride and bridegroom would leave the château for Paris. In the +the bride and bridegroom would leave the château for Paris. In the course of a few days, Signor and Madame de Castella would join them there, and all four would proceed to the South together. @@ -13124,7 +13099,7 @@ drawing-room, when Mr. St. John came in. Some of them looked up in surprise: his visits latterly had been rare. He was unusually silent and thoughtful, and little was said by any one. Signor de Castella was playing chess with Agnes, and did not speak to him after the first -greeting. Old Madame de Beaufoy was playing écarté with Mary Carr. +greeting. Old Madame de Beaufoy was playing écarté with Mary Carr. An ominous spirit of dulness seemed to sit upon them all. The room seemed so intensely still. Rose, who hated dulness as she hated @@ -13929,7 +13904,7 @@ forgetful of Adeline in her own eager curiosity. "She thought something must have happened up here--a dispute, or some unpleasant matter of that sort. But I told her, No. Something had occurred here unfortunately, sure enough, but it could have had -nothing to do with Mr. St. John, because he had left the château +nothing to do with Mr. St. John, because he had left the château previously. She then thought he might have received ill news from England; though no letters came for him in the morning. But whatever it might be, he was in an awful passion. He has spoilt the picture." @@ -13937,7 +13912,7 @@ it might be, he was in an awful passion. He has spoilt the picture." "Which picture?" quickly asked Rose. Before recording the answer, it may be well to explain that Adeline's -portrait had been finished long ago, and taken to the château. But on +portrait had been finished long ago, and taken to the château. But on the return of M. de Castella from Paris, he had suggested some alteration in the background and in the drapery, so it was sent back to the Lodge. Events had then crowded so fast, one upon another, @@ -13969,7 +13944,7 @@ remark. "I told him so one day." "It was a shame, Madame Baret said in telling me, to vent his anger upon _that_," resumed Louise. "So senseless: and quite like an insult to Mademoiselle Adeline--just as if she had offended him. Of course I -agreed with the Mère Baret that it _was_ a shame, a wicked shame: and +agreed with the Mère Baret that it _was_ a shame, a wicked shame: and then, if you'll believe me, mademoiselle, she flew out at me for saying it, and vowed that nobody should speak a word against Mr. St. John in her hearing. He was of a perfectly golden temper, she went on, @@ -13999,7 +13974,7 @@ them. Rose nodded. "But what has he gone away for so suddenly?" questioned Rose. "Nobody knows, mademoiselle. As he was going in, he met Victor--that -lazy fellow Père Baret keeps about the place; _I_ wouldn't--and +lazy fellow Père Baret keeps about the place; _I_ wouldn't--and ordered a horse to be got ready for him and brought round. Then he went into the painting-room, where Madame peeped in and saw him, but didn't show herself on account of her cap. He was in there ever so @@ -14066,7 +14041,7 @@ which was taking place downstairs, said afterwards she should have liked to gag him. Late in the evening, arrived the two doctors from Belport, le Docteur -Dorré and an English physician. They were more reticent than the +Dorré and an English physician. They were more reticent than the surgeon of Odesque had been, not saying that Adeline was in any sort of danger; not thinking it, so far as could be seen. The Englishman was old, the Frenchman comparatively young. Adeline was considerably @@ -14084,7 +14059,7 @@ as the other one had said, was to keep her still and quiet; no talking, no excitement. One person alone must be in the room with her at a time; and that, as they strongly recommended, should be a sick-nurse. Madame de Castella assented eagerly, hanging, as it were, -upon the very words that issued from their lips. Dr. Dorré spoke of +upon the very words that issued from their lips. Dr. Dorré spoke of the Englishwoman who had attended her in the spring: she had struck him as being one of the best and most efficient nurses he had ever in his life seen. @@ -14244,7 +14219,7 @@ wore the same gloomy aspect, in which there seemed no prospect of amendment on this side winter. A feeling of awe, almost of superstition, would creep over Mary Carr, as she sat by Adeline's bedside in the dim evenings, listening to the moaning, sighing wind, -as it swept round the unprotected château and shook off the leaves +as it swept round the unprotected château and shook off the leaves from the nearly bare trees on the western side. It sounded so like a dirge for the dying girl who was passing from them! The watchers would look up with a shiver, and say how dreary it was, this gloomy weather, @@ -14311,7 +14286,7 @@ took up a volume of Tennyson. No, not that. _He_ had given her the book, and been accustomed to read it to her. How could she bear to hear it read by another? -Rose tried again: Béranger. "That won't do," she said. "A pretty laugh +Rose tried again: Béranger. "That won't do," she said. "A pretty laugh you would have at my French accent!" "Your accent is not a bad one, Rose." @@ -14454,11 +14429,11 @@ with the lancet, however; with leeches; with anything else that draws blood. The first year Eleanor Seymour (if you have not forgotten her) was at school at Madame de Nino's, an illness broke out amidst the pupils, and the school medical attendant was sent for. It was this -very Dr. Dorré, now attending Adeline de Castella. Five or six of the +very Dr. Dorré, now attending Adeline de Castella. Five or six of the younger girls seemed heavy and feverish, and there were signs of an eruption on the skin. Monsieur le docteur thought it would turn out to be measles or scarlatina, he could not yet pronounce which; and he -ordered them to bed and to take a few quarts of eau sucrée: he then +ordered them to bed and to take a few quarts of eau sucrée: he then sent for the rest of the pupils one by one, and bled them all round.[1] "A simple measure of precaution," he said to Madame. @@ -14530,7 +14505,7 @@ unmolested, in all the bitter feelings of a breaking heart. complying with Adeline's wish, and here we are, once more, at Belport, she wonderfully improved. Still better, still better! for how long? Rose has resumed her wild gaiety of spirits, and says she will sing a -_Te Deum_ for having left the dreary old château and its ghosts behind +_Te Deum_ for having left the dreary old château and its ghosts behind us. A bed has been placed on the first-floor for Adeline, in the back @@ -14543,7 +14518,7 @@ indeed in all respects. 7_th_.--Madame de Nino called today, bringing two of the elder girls. Adeline asked them innumerable questions about the school, and seemed really awakened to interest. Many other friends have also called; -compared with the gloomy solitude of the château, each day since our +compared with the gloomy solitude of the château, each day since our arrival has been like a levee. The doctors apparently see no impropriety in this, for they don't forbid it. _I_ think Adeline is better for it: she has not the leisure to brood so entirely over the @@ -14671,13 +14646,13 @@ tell me I inherited all the English characteristics; and consumption, I suppose, made one of them." 9_th_.--Miss de Beauroy is here for a day or two, and we had a quiet -little soirée yesterday evening. Aunt Agnes, in the plentitude of her +little soirée yesterday evening. Aunt Agnes, in the plentitude of her delight at the improvement visible in Adeline, limped down, poor lady, in a splendid canary-coloured silk gown, all standing on end with richness. Who should come in unexpectedly after tea, but Monsieur le Comte le Coq de Monty! (I do love, after the fashion of the good Vicar of Wakefield, to give that whole name--_I_, not Miss Carr). Business -with the Sous-Préfet brought him to Belport. He inquired very _mal à +with the Sous-Préfet brought him to Belport. He inquired very _mal à propos_, whether we had recently seen or heard of Mr. St. John; and while we were opening our mouths, deliberating what to say, Rose, always apt and ready, took upon herself evasively to answer that he @@ -15252,10 +15227,10 @@ her train: her services had been useful during the recent excited state of Mrs. St. John; but she was not to attend her to England, and here they would part company. -"Will Madame dine in her salon, or at the table-d'hôte?" inquired the +"Will Madame dine in her salon, or at the table-d'hôte?" inquired the head-waiter of the man-servant, in sufficiently plain English. -"At the table-d'hôte, no doubt," was the man's reply, speaking in +"At the table-d'hôte, no doubt," was the man's reply, speaking in accordance with his own opinion. "Madame has lost her two children, and is in low spirits, not caring to be much alone. Today is the anniversary of the eldest's death." @@ -15267,7 +15242,7 @@ the children in the town will be gay tonight." attention to the other remark, and not in the least understanding it. The domestic proved correct in his surmises. At five o'clock, when -the bell rang for table-d'hôte, Mrs. Carleton St. John entered the +the bell rang for table-d'hôte, Mrs. Carleton St. John entered the dining-room. Very few were present; all gentlemen, except herself, and mostly pensionnaires; the hotels on the coast are empty at that season. The dinner was excellent, but it did not last long; and the @@ -15387,7 +15362,7 @@ annual custom, and most religiously has it been observed ever since. On St. Martin's Eve and St. Martin's Night, the 10th and 11th of November, as soon as darkness comes on, the principal streets of the town are perambulated by crowds carrying their horns and lanterns. It -is looked upon almost as a religious fête, and is sanctioned by the +is looked upon almost as a religious fête, and is sanctioned by the authorities. Police keep the streets clear; carriages, carts, and horses are not allowed to pass during the two or three hours that it prevails; and, in short, every consideration gives way to the horns @@ -15580,14 +15555,14 @@ she and the _garde_ kept up an incessant chatter in strange French. Brayford's French was something curious to listen to: 'Le feu est sorti,' she said one day, and sent Rose into a screaming fit. Signor de Castella we rarely see, except at dinner; now and then at the -second déjeûner; but he is mostly shut up in his cabinet. Is it that +second déjeûner; but he is mostly shut up in his cabinet. Is it that the sight of his fading child is more than he can bear? Cold and reserved as he has always been, there's no doubt that he loves Adeline with the deepest love. 15_th_.--Five days, and Adeline not out of her bedroom! The cough has come back again, and the doctors say she must have taken cold. I don't -see how she could; but Dr. Dorré's as cross as can be over it. +see how she could; but Dr. Dorré's as cross as can be over it. A fancy has taken her these last few days to hear Rose sing English songs. On the first evening, Rose was in the front room, the @@ -16130,7 +16105,7 @@ live?" The nurse nodded. -"Chère enfant!" apostrophized Louise, through her tears. "And what did +"Chère enfant!" apostrophized Louise, through her tears. "And what did he say?" "What should he say?" retorted the nurse. "He does not know any more @@ -16178,7 +16153,7 @@ her subject, through the space of that dying room. "_What?_" ejaculated the nurse, in a startled tone. -"Qu'elle sera exposée après sa mort." (I prefer to give this sentence +"Qu'elle sera exposée après sa mort." (I prefer to give this sentence in the language in which the conversation was carried on.) "What in the world do you mean?" demanded Rose, waking up from her @@ -16219,7 +16194,7 @@ impatiently. "La garde! what is it all?" "I will tell you one instance, mademoiselle," said the woman, "and that will explain the rest. My aunt was housekeeper in Madame Marsac's family. Madame was a widow with three children, and lived in a grand -old château near to our village. The eldest, Mademoiselle Marsac, was +old château near to our village. The eldest, Mademoiselle Marsac, was married to an officer in the army, and had gone away with him, the Saints know where, but a long way off, for it was in the time of Napoleon, and we were at war with half Europe then. Young Marsac, the @@ -16232,7 +16207,7 @@ others thought she had eaten something that did her harm, but an inward inflammation came on, and she was dead in a week. Madame was nearly crazed, and my aunt said it was pitiful to hear her shrieks the night after the death, and her prayers to the good Virgin to be taken -with her child. But madame's sister came to the château with the early +with her child. But madame's sister came to the château with the early light, and she forthwith gave orders that poor Mademoiselle Emma should be exhibited." @@ -16240,7 +16215,7 @@ should be exhibited." Mary Carr's, the woman having stopped, in thought. "I was but a little child then, mademoiselle, as you may suppose, for -it was in 1812; but my aunt suddenly sent for me up to the château, to +it was in 1812; but my aunt suddenly sent for me up to the château, to assist. They did not keep many servants; my aunt had only one under her, besides the old gardener, for Madame Marsac was not rich; so I was put to do what I could. My faith! I shall never forget it: it was @@ -16293,7 +16268,7 @@ the news spread, and everybody came. It was a wet day, too. Many children were frightened at the sight. Susanne had not met with the custom till she came to these parts: she says they never heard of it where she comes from, just beyond Paris; at least, _she_ never did. -That Théodore Borne----" +That Théodore Borne----" ------------------------ @@ -16305,7 +16280,7 @@ At this moment, Adeline stirred. Louise's tongue stopped as still as if it had been shot through, and the nurse made a quiet rush to the side of the bed. She was awake, and wanted her mouth moistened. -As the nurse was putting down the tea and the teaspoon, Dr. Dorré, who +As the nurse was putting down the tea and the teaspoon, Dr. Dorré, who had been talking in the other room, came in to look at Adeline before he quitted the house. She was quite sensible, and said she felt easy. In the bustle of his leaving, the nurse going out to attend him to the @@ -16558,8 +16533,8 @@ Beaufoy: "Ont l'honneur de vous faire part de la perte douloureuse qu'ils viennent de faire en la personne de Mademoiselle Adeline Luisa de -Castella, leur fille, petite fille, et nièce; décédée à Belport le 8 -Janvier, à l'age de 19 ans. +Castella, leur fille, petite fille, et nièce; décédée à Belport le 8 +Janvier, à l'age de 19 ans. "Priez pour elle." @@ -16665,7 +16640,7 @@ Rose into the broad daylight, a welcome relief from the darkened house and what was being transacted in it. "I shall try them all in succession, until I find him," returned Rose. -"I think he must use the Hôtel des Bains. I know Frank does." +"I think he must use the Hôtel des Bains. I know Frank does." Rose bent her steps towards that renowned hostelry, and turned boldly into the yard. A man came forward with a cloth on his arm, waiter @@ -16977,7 +16952,7 @@ scarcely recovered himself." "To think that he should have dropped at seeing a corpse, just as one might drop a stone, a fine strong man like him!" responded a neighbouring chemist, who had stepped in to have a look at the -reception. "Qu'ils sont drôles, ces Anglais-là!" +reception. "Qu'ils sont drôles, ces Anglais-là !" @@ -17206,7 +17181,7 @@ her marriage with a heretic would be perdition here and hereafter. I don't see that you can blame him: you would have done the same in his place, had you been true to your creed. Father Marc's one of the best gossipers living. We saw a great deal of him in Adeline's sick-room, -after you left. I fell in love with the charming old père." +after you left. I fell in love with the charming old père." Would she ever be serious! The question might have crossed Mr. St. John at a less bitter moment. @@ -17412,7 +17387,7 @@ to the fire, the tears coursed freely down the fine old face. had but suffered her to marry you, she might not be lying low this day. A hundred times I have said to Maria, that she should not have been severed from Frederick St. John. But Maria, poor thing, had no -hand in it; she is not a dévote; it was the Church that did it. And we +hand in it; she is not a dévote; it was the Church that did it. And we must suppose all's for the best, though it sacrificed her." No tears shone in his eyes, his grief was too deep for that. It could @@ -18179,7 +18154,7 @@ by Sir Isaac that evening in the drawing-room, her low words breathed in the softest whisper. She was trying to learn, so ladylike and candid all the while, what business he and Georgina had had at Hatherton. Isaac made no very particular reply: and indeed there was -none to make. A man lived at Hatherton who had been a protégé of the +none to make. A man lived at Hatherton who had been a protégé of the dean's, but he fell into evil habits, ill-treated his poor sick wife, and finally was discarded. It was for this man Georgina had been begging grace of Isaac--that Sir Isaac would take him on, and give him @@ -19195,7 +19170,7 @@ world knows her real worth." They went out together. Looking into the drawing-room for a minute first of all, to tell Mrs. Beauclerc. She was there with Miss Denison, a middle-aged lady who had come home with them for a long visit, and -who was one of the _bêtes noires_ of Georgina's life. +who was one of the _bêtes noires_ of Georgina's life. Georgina was watching: whether for the possible sight of her father, or for the more certain one of his companion--there she stood, half @@ -21565,361 +21540,4 @@ PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of St. Martin's Eve, by Mrs. Henry Wood -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ST. 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