Pshaw! It is only the reaction of
over-excited feelings. I am weak in the strength of my joy."
"The still, small voice speaks to us in that way, master, to remind
us to place our trust in Heaven, not on earth, where all is
transitory and uncertain; for if a man live many years, and rejoice
in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they are
many! We are no strangers to the vanity and shadows of human life,
master! Pierre's return is like sunshine breaking through the
clouds. God is pleased if we bask in the sunshine when he sends
it."
"Right, dame! and so we will! The old walls of Belmont shall ring
with rejoicing over the return of their heir and future owner."
The dame looked up delightedly at the remark of the Bourgeois. She
knew he had destined Belmont as a residence for Pierre; but the
thought suggested in her mind was, perhaps, the same which the
Bourgeois had mused upon when he gave expression to a certain
anxiety.
"Master," said she, "does Pierre know that the Chevalier Bigot was
concerned in the false accusations against you, and that it was he,
prompted by the Cardinal and the Princess de Carignan, who enforced
the unjust decree of the Court?"
"I think not, Deborah.
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