Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . fortswere abandoned, and in the fifty-six years that haveelapsed since then I have heard nothing more. THE RELIC To the AbM Louis dEnnemare, at Sotssons: Y Dear Abbe,— ** My marriage with your cousirjis broken off in the stupidestmanner, on account of a foolishtrick which I involuntarily played myintended, in a fit of embarrassment,and I turn to you, my old school-fellow to help me out of the you can, I shall be grateful to yountil I die. * You know Gilberte, or rather you thinkyou know her, for do we ever
Short stories of the tragedy and comedy of life with a critical preface . fortswere abandoned, and in the fifty-six years that haveelapsed since then I have heard nothing more. THE RELIC To the AbM Louis dEnnemare, at Sotssons: Y Dear Abbe,— ** My marriage with your cousirjis broken off in the stupidestmanner, on account of a foolishtrick which I involuntarily played myintended, in a fit of embarrassment,and I turn to you, my old school-fellow to help me out of the you can, I shall be grateful to yountil I die. * You know Gilberte, or rather you thinkyou know her, for do we ever understandwomen ? All their opinions, their ideas, theirCifiS-^^ creeds, are a surprise to us. They are all fullof twists and turns, of the unforeseen, of unintelli-gible arguments, of defective logic, and of obstinateideas, which seem final, but which they alter becausea little bird comes and perches on the window ledge,I need not tell you that your cousin is veryreligious, as she was brought up by the White (oiwas it the Black ?) Ladies at Nancy. You know thai(176). THE RELIC 177 better than I do, but what you perhaps do not knowis that she is just as excitable about other matters asshe is about religion. She is as unstable as a leafwhirled away by the wind; and she is more of agirl than a woman, for she is moved or irritated in amoment, loves in a moment, hates in a moment, andchanges in a moment. She is pretty, as you know,and more charming than I can say or you can guess. **Well, we became engaged, and 1 adored her, asI adore her still, and she appeared to love me. One evening, I received a telegram summoningme to Cologne for a consultation, which might befollowed by a serious and difficult operation. As Ihad to start the next morning, 1 went to wish Gil-berte good-bye, and tell her that I should not dinewith them on Wednesday, but on Friday, the day ofmy return. Ah! Take care of Fridays, for I assureyou they are unlucky! **When I told her that I had to go to Germany,I s
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