Zibeline - Volume 1

there squads of street-cleaners appeared, and belated hucksters urged their horses toward the markets; but except for these, the

uddenly raised his head and steadily looked in the face the consequences of his defeat. He, too, could say that all was lost

during the military exercises that morning, his commands were more abrupt than usua

the officers of his own rank, who, observing his calm demeanor, in contrast to their own, knew that he must be unaware of the important news just published in the morning journal

dst of the repast a quartermaster entered to announce the reply to th

! what luck!" cried t

demanded the o

r to be sent to Mexico on urgent business. The brigade of the advance guard will be composed of the First Regiment of Zouaves and the Eighteenth Battalion of infantry. As soon as thes

ore advantageous prospect immediate, because, as his company was the first to march, he was assured of not remaining longer at th

he asked one of his brother officers to take his place until evening, caught the first train to town, and, alighting a

home?" he inquir

announced to his brother-in-law, the noble proprietor of La Sarthe, dep

his situation. When the recital was finished, without uttering a syllable

to marry your sister even had she possessed no dot. That dot yields seven hundred and fifteen thousand francs' income, at three per cent. We were married under the law of community of goods, which greatly simplifies matters when husband and wife have, as have Jeanne and myself,

o the cheeks of

y robbed by me of one half her rightful share? I should die of shame! Or, rather-wait a moment! Let us reverse our situations for an instant, and if you will swear to me that, were

ou mean to

grief it will cause Jeanne. It will grieve me, too. And the courage to tell this to her is the only

to do it," s

ongings and the family portraits, th

ood. Now, one wo

pe

nother embarras

d the sooner the b

received this morning twenty-five thousand francs' ren

price of the sale? Very

lope the notes handed hi

e," said the Marquis, as he departed, to gi