Valerie; an autobiography . sside, and I saw the man ride up a second afterwards toJudge Selwyns footman, -who was standing at a few yardsdistance from the carriage, and ask him some question,which he answered by a word or two, when the groomrode away. The gentleman, on receiving the reply, nodded his headquietly, as if he would have said, I thought so, and thenhe looked at me steadily till he caught my eye, when heraised his hat, made a half-military bow, and trotted slowlyaway. Carolines quick eye caught this action in an instant, andturning to me suddenly, she cried quickly— Ah ! Valerie, w
Valerie; an autobiography . sside, and I saw the man ride up a second afterwards toJudge Selwyns footman, -who was standing at a few yardsdistance from the carriage, and ask him some question,which he answered by a word or two, when the groomrode away. The gentleman, on receiving the reply, nodded his headquietly, as if he would have said, I thought so, and thenhe looked at me steadily till he caught my eye, when heraised his hat, made a half-military bow, and trotted slowlyaway. Carolines quick eye caught this action in an instant, andturning to me suddenly, she cried quickly— Ah ! Valerie, who is that ? that handsome man whobowed to you .—Where have I seen him before . The ver\ question which I was asking myself, am quite sure that I have seen his face, and yet I cannotremember where. It is very strange. Very! replied a strange, sneering voice, close to myear, with a slightly foreign accent. Can you say whereyou have seen mine, bigrate? I turned my head as quick as lightning; for in answering232. VALERIE Caroline, avIio sat on the side of the carriage next to themilitary spectacle, I had leaned a little inward ; and there,with his eircmiiiate features actually livid with rage, andwrithing with impotent malignity, stood Monsieur G——,the infamous divorced husband of Madame dAlbret, andthe first cause of almost all my misfortunes. I looked at him steadily, and replied with bitter but calmcontemjit— Perfectly well, Monsieur G . And very little did I suppose that I should ever see it again. I imagined, sir,that you were in your proper place,—the galleys ! It was wrong, doubtless, in me so to answer him—un-feminine, perhaps, and too provocative of insult; but theblood of my race is hot, and vehement to repel insult; andwhen I thought of the sufferings I had endured, the trials Ihad encountered, and the contumely which I had borne onaccount of that man, my every vein seemed to overflow withpassion. Ha! he replied, grinding his teeth with rage, an
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