But are you
sure there exists no insurmountable obstacle to oppose these high
aspirations? It is whispered that the Intendant has a wife, whom he
keeps in the seclusion of Beaumanoir. Is that true?"
The words burnt like fire. Angelique's eyes flashed out daggers.
She clenched her delicate hands until her nails drew blood from her
velvet palms. Her frame quivered with suppressed passion. She
grasped her companion fiercely by the arm, exclaiming,--"You have
hit the secret now, Amelie! It was to speak of that I sought you
out this morning, for I know you are wise, discreet, and every way
better than I. It is all true what I have said, and more too,
Amelie. Listen! The Intendant has made love to me with pointed
gallantry that could have no other meaning but that he honorably
sought my hand. He has made me talked of and hated by my own sex,
who envied his preference of me. I was living in the most gorgeous
of fool's paradises, when a bird brought to my ear the astounding
news that a woman, beautiful as Diana, had been found in the forest
of Beaumanoir by some Hurons of Lorette, who were out hunting with
the Intendant.
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