"
"Naturally; they are all his own kith and kin. But I will draw him
away, if you desire it. I cannot prevent his going, but I can find
means to prevent his staying!" added she, with a smile of confidence
in her power.
"That will do, Angelique,--anything to make a breach between them!"
While there were abysses in Bigot's mind which Angelique could not
fathom, as little did Bigot suspect that, when Angelique seemed to
flatter him by yielding to his suggestions, she was following out a
course she had already decided upon in her own mind from the moment
she had learned that Cecile Tourangeau was to be at the festival of
Belmont, with unlimited opportunities of explanation with Le Gardeur
as to her treatment by Angelique.
The Intendant, after some pleasant badinage, rose and took his
departure, leaving Angelique agitated, puzzled, and dissatisfied, on
the whole, with his visit. She reclined on the seat, resting her
head on her hand for a long time,--in appearance the idlest, in
reality the busiest, brain of any girl in the city of Quebec.
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