Francis.
The mansion of the Lady de Tilly was of stone, spacious and ornate,
as became the rank and wealth of the Seigneurs de Tilly. It
overlooked the Place d'Armes and the noble gardens of the Chateau of
St. Louis, with a magnificent sweep of the St. Lawrence, flowing
majestically under the fortress-crowned cape and the high, wooded
hills of Lauzon, the farther side of the river closing the view.
In the recess of an ornate mullioned window, half concealed by the
rich, heavy curtains of a noble room, Amelie de Repentigny sat
alone--very quiet in look and demeanor, but no little agitated in
mind, as might be noticed in the nervous contact of her hands, which
lay in her lap clasping each other very hard, as if trying to steady
her thoughts.
Her aunt was receiving some lady visitors in the great drawing-room.
The hum of loud feminine voices reached the ear of Amelie, but she
paid no attention, so absorbed was she in the new and strange
thoughts that had stirred in her mind since morning, when she had
learned from the Chevalier La Corne of the return to New France of
Pierre Philibert.
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