Three Nights With The Baron

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d to Normandy. Not so far from Paris, fo

his fiancee, the Princess. And when that will be done, if the res

self, meanwhile, My father, Mr Kendal Collison, Who is at stage one eye cancer,

of a lifetime to expl

I was so excited by everything I saw. I had never been ou

ron, he regrets he is unable to see you tonight, he will be here tomorrow:“

height with light-brown hair and eyes; he was elegantly dressed, and his dinner j

you care to come for dinn

ernard,' a distant cousin to the Baron.

eard of your fam

ut to marry, and the miniature is

nown throughout the contin

, and it was particularly poignant now that his powers wer

deal of your work and has a very high opinion of it! It was for that reason that he s

ally about the castle and t

d many beautiful things, and he has added to them. It

th that at home and so on. Until finally, he said; "you must be exhausted. Let me have you executed

eet the Bar

was warm and friendly. I

nly put us at ease, and I

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y a gentle tappi

e a cup that consisted of coffee,

ter in ten minutes, Made

fee, which was delicious. I was h

s room. He had been awakened already and had en

or us in what I called the ant

ling most agreeable, I trust

most grateful for all the concern fo

he told us. “Now you wish to see th

ighted when

an artist working in the castle permanently. D

old him, and my fat

ooms which are quite inadequate,” he sa

hat has to be arranged. Bring up the

d at my

art the portrait as soon as

to talk a while with my subje

erstand that. Well, let us pr

nd your way back to your

e the landmarks as we pass t

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my room, I felt

urning sharply saw Bert

sed. “Have you finish

I noticed that his handsome appeara

do until the subject

me. “well, now you have seen the c

think of any more adjectives. To think of one man o

t. He's a scion of his forefathers. Wait u

like

think you would have to look v

you, I should fee

suddenly. “That is a very

iment. It's a sta

sadly, “No, you will fi

She came from an old French family with royal connections. The family managed to survive the revolution. The Baron

al families of France and Austria. She

and the happiness she and my father had shared, of her death, of our luck of having my cousin Evie, who had now

ho also has a great passi

t his hands. I gave him

eemed longer. I thought how still everything was, the quiet water of the moat,

ittle and wit

bout him that won my confidence? That infinite kindness that I had sensed in him from the moment w

n him far too many, I thought I will be telling

usy this after

sy until the Baron

you came," he said earnestly. "It's

g it was here in the sunshine, close to the strong walls of the castle, and this inte

ride?" h