"How was that? Tell me, pray, how
you failed with Colonel Philibert?"
"My cause of failure would not be a lesson for you, Amelie. Listen!
I got a speedy introduction to Colonel Philibert, who, I confess, is
one of the handsomest men I ever saw. I was bent on attracting
him."
"For shame, Angelique! How could you confess to aught so
unwomanly!" There was a warmth in Amelie's tone that was less
noticed by herself than by her companion.
"Well, it is my way of conquering the King's army. I shot my whole
quiver of arrows at Colonel Philibert, but, to my chagrin, hit not a
vital part! He parried every one, and returned them broken at my
feet. His persistent questioning about yourself, as soon as he
discovered we had been school companions at the Convent, quite
foiled me. He was full of interest about you, and all that
concerned you, but cared not a fig about me!"
"What could Colonel Philibert have to ask you about me?" Amelie
unconsciously drew closer to her companion, and even clasped her arm
by an involuntary movement which did not escape her friend.
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