The Honor of the Name

with stone trimmings which was visible from the superb a

hat extended to the banks of the Oiselle

s flattery. Any petty manufacturer who had amassed a small fortune wo

be an eternal honor to h

n laden with millions, M. d'Escorval's worldly possessions consisted only of the little patrimony bequeathe

bout a mile from Sairmeuse, repr

an drawn by his own hand; and it w

retreat when his work all

not come to Escorval

e 24th of July-that fatal list which summoned the enthusiastic La

, M. d'Escorval's situati

of Waterloo, had strongly urged the Emperor to order

this counsel; and

scorval's friends w

the future, threatening though it was, with

k, and long nights passed in struggling with the most arduous dif

inclined to embonpoint

is broad, furrowed forehead, and hi

lexible," said those who

y were

mptations to swerve from the path of right; if, when duty was at stake, he was as rigid as iron, i

c happiness, that rare and precious happiness whi

e guillotine a young girl named Victoire-Laure d'Alleu, a distant cousin of the Rhet

tune, he married her, considering the treasure of her virgi

and was an honest man, in the most s

eagerly welcomed. The splendors of the Imperial Court, which at that time s

lishments-she reserved them all

n him and through him. She had not a

e from his arduous labors to devo

drawing-room, with their son Maurice playing on the rug at their fe

re surprised them in the

d seen the prodigious edifice erected by the genius

of all the treason and cowardice which followed it. He was indignant and horrified at

es, exile from Paris se

to the baroness, "we sha

, by his side, his noble wife presented a tranquil face, e

wife had been unusually sad. A vague presentiment of a

they were seated upon the terrace in front of the house, gazing anxiously at the

Montaignac of the arrival of the duke, the

e as possible; but in spite of this fact, the ho

pened to him!" both father

om Mlle. Lacheneur had sufficed to make him for

d said, "I shall certa

s mean? Could

not resolve to go away without an explanation, and he hun

ast, but leaning upon

saw them enter the parsonage. What were they going to d

nd which he passed in the public squ

to join them when he was prevented by the appe

hild, but he could not mistake the intentions that dict

the pure and beautiful girl whom he loved with all the strength of his being-

ging to chastise t

arrested by the recollection of a phrase which

re the only weapons w

while, in reality, he was beside himself with passion. It w

t!" repeated Maurice, through his set t

m. He saw them standing about a hundred paces from him. Although he was surprise

s house," was the response he rece

d a few steps behind them, with his head bowed upon his breast,

sorrow that his mother divined it

eous woman had hidden for a month

une!" said she, "we

ould not doubt it when one saw M.

drunken man, his eye void of expression, his f

ned?" asked the

did not seem

ng a monologue which had begun before he

kissing Marie-Anne, d

d's sake, tell me what has

rrowful resignation, the girl motioned h

le for human endurance. Like a sleeper who, on waking, finds his miseries forgotten during

untry, and I shall lay down to-night poorer than the poorest beggar in this commune. I had everything; I no longer have anything-nothing but my two

t of despair, M. d'

misfortune," he faltered;

heneur threw his hat upon a chair, and f

rpose. I know you; I know your heart. And have y

g, breathing truth, he related the scene wh

of his own senses. Mme. d'Escorval's indignant and sorrowful exclamations s

one observed, who was moved to his very entra

ost energetically, but in vain, to repress the tear

at is to say, to injure, to strike, to outrage

hin his reach, would have paid dearly for these

tisement was only deferred-

ner, had a heart that was inaccessible to fear. His beautiful, dark eyes, which had the t

ds which he had addressed to the Duc de Sai

d, in a voice faltering with emotion; "but I must tell y

hat loyal hand which clasped his so warmly, an

tinate Marie-Anne, "my father would have been an unf

d to the young girl

old as I am, and have had my experience, you will know that the accomplishment of

r turned to

nsieur," said he. "Now, I am c

woman to know how to resist th

em you as much as I despise the ingrates who have sought to humiliate you, when they should have fallen

ught back others who, like these men, think th

sh to be our masters

ard and questioned him, he would probably have disclosed some of the projects which were as yet

ad regained his

at course do you propose to pursue with

ing more from me-for

aim the ten thousand fr

sk them fo

legacy, your own honor will demand that you insist upon its p

eur shook

d me the justice I desire.

ut

my clothing nor that of my daughter. If they send it to us-very well. If it pleases them to keep it, so muc

oke, believing she had a sure means of c

tion if you were alone in the world

alth and an excellent education. He can make his

our da

will remai

hought it his d

not overthrow your reason," said he. "Reflect! Wh

ed man smi

ttage near the Reche, with a little garden and a few acres of sterile land. In compliance with my daughter's entreaties, I repaired the cottage, and sent there a few articles of furniture-a table, some chairs, and a couple of beds. My daughter designed it as a home for old Father Guvat and h

peaking

supposed so, for

, Monsieur Lachene

h-

love Marie-Anne, and I ask you