. La Comedie Humaine . are those men here ? What are 3rou preparing todo to me ? Those men are as silent as I shall be myself onall that passes here: they are my hands and my of them is a surgeon -— A surgeon ! she said. u Armand — my friend ! un-certainty is great suffering. Speak, tell me if you seekmy life. I will give it to you ; you need not take it. You have not understood me, said Montriveau. He showed her a small cross of two bars, fastened tothe end of the Ldmond ricard Copyright 1896 by Roberts Bros Precede L-oupii The Duchesse de Langeais. 503 Did I not spe
. La Comedie Humaine . are those men here ? What are 3rou preparing todo to me ? Those men are as silent as I shall be myself onall that passes here: they are my hands and my of them is a surgeon -— A surgeon ! she said. u Armand — my friend ! un-certainty is great suffering. Speak, tell me if you seekmy life. I will give it to you ; you need not take it. You have not understood me, said Montriveau. He showed her a small cross of two bars, fastened tothe end of the Ldmond ricard Copyright 1896 by Roberts Bros Precede L-oupii The Duchesse de Langeais. 503 Did I not speak to }*ou of justice ? To quiet jrourfears, he added coldly, taking a piece of steel whichlay upon the table, I will explain what I have decidedto do to you. He showed her a small cross of two bars, fastened tothe end of the steel. u My iriends are heating a crosslike this ; we shall apply it to }rour forehead, - - there,between the 63^68, where you cannot hide it with dia-monds, and escape the inquiries of your world. Youwill bear upon 3our brow a mark as infamous as thatwhich brands the shoulder of your brother, the pain will be nothing; but I feared some agitation,some resistance— * Resistance ! she cried, striking her hands joyfullytogether. No ! no ! I would that all the world werehere to see it. Ah, my Armarid, quick 1 mark, mark thycreature as a poor little thing of thine! Proofs of mylove? they are all here in one. Ah, I see only mercyand pardon, happiness uns
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