The Parisians, Book 5.

indow-niche, rested upon Rameau and Isaura seated on the same divan, he with her hand clasped in both his ow

The heart has no history which philosophers can recognize. An ordinary political observer, contemplating the condition of a nation, may very safely tell us what effects must follow the c

or, Savarin came from the window-

"we feared you had deserted the French alliance.

njoy such welcome! but I

esprits. A propos of beaux esprits, be sure to leave orders with your book

Monsieur Savari

matter of course; he wr

or its excellence. What i

they are christened; but it will be instruction enough to your bo

aid, half ironically, "May I hope that in the department

ake him under her special protection," said Savarin,

lle," he said, "is then to be united in the c

ed Isaura, somewhat f

her favourites, Tasso included. Rameau and I came hither to entreat her influence with her intimate and illustrious friend,

?" said Graham, with a sarcastic smile, which concea

antmesnil's aid in some short roman, which will charm the fancy of all and offend the opinions of none. But since I came into

raham, his eye fo

conclude what she has begun, we shall b

her face and neck bathed in blushe

avarin. He guessed aright the truth. "Mademoiselle then is

leted, and I shall be consoled if the journal does not gain the aid of Madame de Grantmesnil,' I mean that in these pages there is that nameless charm of freshness and novelty which compensates for many faults never committed by a practised pen like Madame de Grantmesnil's. My dear young lady, go

fish pain he might before have felt; was gone, merged in a sentiment of unutterable sadness and compassion. Practical man as he was, he knew so well all the dangers, all the snares, all the sorrows, all the scandals menacing name and fame, that in the world of Paris must beset the fatherless girl who, not less in author

cts which led her to a nobler vocation than that of the singer, that the cage-bar was opened, and space bathed in sunshine was inviting the new-felt wings,-subordinate even to that joy was a joy more wholly, more simply woman'

somewhat imperiously, in the sharp voice habitual to him

now; when

ll fini

it gallantly; then her eyes intuitively sought Graham's. By that time he had recovered his self-po

f the day, and was chiefly supported by the satirical

on of uttering words which, however guarded, might yet in absence serve as links of union, n

n. "Perhaps I may induce the Signorina and Rame

I shall be l

his time the manuscrip

so soon," cried Savarin. "When

ubscribers. Mademoiselle, my best regards to Signora Venosta

rose impulsively, and approached him, hol

the child knows not why. Graham was moved, but what could he say? Could he have the right to warn her from this profession also; forbid all desires, all roads of fame to this brilliant aspirant? Even a declar

oupe at the door

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