"
"And whom you do find just the same in heart, mind, and regard too!"
thought she to herself, but her words were,--"My school mistresses
would be ashamed of their work, Colonel, if they had not improved
on the very rude material my aunt sent them up from Tilly to
manufacture into a fine lady! I was the crowned queen of the year
when I left the Ursulines, so beware of considering me 'the child of
Tilly' any longer."
Her silvery laugh caught his heart, for in that he recognized
vividly the gay young girl whose image he was every instant
developing out of the tall, lovely woman beside him.
La Corne St. Luc and the Lady de Tilly found a thousand delights in
mutual reminiscences of the past. Le Gardeur, somewhat heavy,
joined in conversation with Philibert and his sister. Amelie
guessed, and Philibert knew, the secret of Le Gardeur's dulness;
both strove to enliven and arouse him. His aunt guessed too, that
he had passed the night as the guests of the Intendant always passed
it, and knowing his temper and the regard he had for her good
opinion, she brought the subject of the Intendant into conversation,
in order, casually as it were, to impress Le Gardeur with her
opinion of him.
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