Scenes of Parisian life / Charles Paul de Kock ; with a general introduction by Jules Claretie ; translated into English by Edith Mary Norris. . The porter did not understand in the least; atlength the Englishman thought to show him theadvertisement in the Petites-Affiches and theporter remembered Mademoiselle Adelinde. Hepointed out her door to Sir Hastings, who pre-sented himself to the damsel in search of a husbandand after greeting her very civilly said to her veryseriously,— Mademoiselle, I should like to see your mark. Milord, I have already said to all the personswho have addressed simi
Scenes of Parisian life / Charles Paul de Kock ; with a general introduction by Jules Claretie ; translated into English by Edith Mary Norris. . The porter did not understand in the least; atlength the Englishman thought to show him theadvertisement in the Petites-Affiches and theporter remembered Mademoiselle Adelinde. Hepointed out her door to Sir Hastings, who pre-sented himself to the damsel in search of a husbandand after greeting her very civilly said to her veryseriously,— Mademoiselle, I should like to see your mark. Milord, I have already said to all the personswho have addressed similar requests to me, that noone could see it till after they had married me. That is really your ultimate decision ? Yes, milord. You will show nothing without that ? Not the slightest thing, milord. The Englishman reflected, looked hard atMademoiselle Adelinde, scratched his foreheadand went off like a shot out of a gun. He had gone straight to a notary to have a mar-riage contract drawn up. A week later Adelinde was Lady Hastings, and Mademoiselle, I should like to see your from Original Drawing by William CHARLES PAUL DE KOCK 55 the Englishman said with the air of a conqueringhero as he looked round on the young men whomhe had heard discussing the mysterious mark,— I knew very well that I should be sharper thanyou. I have seen the mark — and it exceededmy expectations. Deuce take it, we could also have seen it atthe same price, one of them would say to him, but we were not willing to do so. Come, SirHastings, in good faith confess that its a meretrifle, a nothing, just one of those little moles thatwe see every day. The Englishman never would answer thesequestions. THE GRISETTES TRICK IMAGINE, first of all, two young girls abouttwenty years old. The first, whom we will simplycall Aline, was tall, slender, well-made, her hairand her eyes being very dark, accentuated thefairness of her skin ; her mouth, which was maybea trifle large, containe
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