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. The tragic comedians; a study in a well-known story. Enl. from the Fortnightly review . CHAPTER III. The story of Clotildes departure from thecity, like that of Alvans, communicated to herby her maid, was an anticipation of the truthdisseminated by her parents. She was re-moved when the swarm of spies and secretletter-bearers were attaining a position ofdignity through the rumour of legal gentlemenabout to direct the movements of the besiegingarmy. A stir seemed to her to prognosticate a rescueand she went not unwillingly. To be in mo-tion, to see roadside faces, pricked her senses J-^ 2 THE
. The tragic comedians; a study in a well-known story. Enl. from the Fortnightly review . CHAPTER III. The story of Clotildes departure from thecity, like that of Alvans, communicated to herby her maid, was an anticipation of the truthdisseminated by her parents. She was re-moved when the swarm of spies and secretletter-bearers were attaining a position ofdignity through the rumour of legal gentlemenabout to direct the movements of the besiegingarmy. A stir seemed to her to prognosticate a rescueand she went not unwillingly. To be in mo-tion, to see roadside faces, pricked her senses J-^ 2 THE TRAGIC COMEDIANS. with some hope. She had gained the peaceshe needed, and in that state her heart besranto be agitated by a fresh awakening, luxuriousat first rather than troublesome. She hadsunk so low that the light of A Ivan seemedtoo distant for a positive expectation of him;but few approached her whom she did notfancy under strange disguises : the gentlemenwere servants, the blouses were gentlemen ; shelooked wistfully at old women bearing basketsfor the forbidden fruit to peep
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