"
The two lady visitors were not obtuse. They saw they had roused
the susceptibilities--prejudices, they called them--of the Lady de
Tilly. They rose, and smothering their disappointment under well-
bred phrases, took most polite leave of the dignified old lady, who
was heartily glad to be rid of them.
"The disagreeable old thing--to talk so of the Intendant!" exclaimed
Madame Couillard, spitefully, "when her own nephew, and heir in the
Seigniory of Tilly, is the Intendant's firmest friend and closest
companion."
"Yes, she forgot about her own house; people always forget to look
at home when they pass judgment upon their neighbors," replied
Madame de Grandmaison. "But I am mistaken if she will be able to
impress Le Gardeur de Repentigny with her uncharitable and
unfashionable opinions of the Intendant. I hope the ball will be
the greatest social success ever seen in the city, just to vex her
and her niece, who is as proud and particular as she is herself."
Amelie de Repentigny had dressed herself to-day in a robe of soft
muslin of Deccan, the gift of a relative in Pondicherry.
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