This elaborate scheme secured the approbation of the Lady de Tilly,
who had, in truth, contributed part of it. Le Gardeur said he was a
poor fly whom they were resolved to catch and pin to the wall of a
chateau en Espagne, but he would enter the web without a buzz of
opposition on condition that Pierre would join him. So it was all
settled.
Amelie did not venture again that night to encounter the eyes of
Pierre Philibert,--she needed more courage than she felt just now to
do that; but in secret she blessed him, and treasured those fond
looks of his in her heart, never to be forgotten any more. When she
retired to her own chamber and was alone, she threw herself in
passionate abandonment before the altar in her little oratory, which
she had crowned with flowers to mark her gladness. She poured out
her pure soul in invocations of blessings upon Pierre Philibert and
upon her brother and all the house. The golden head of her rosary
lingered long in her loving fingers that night, as she repeated over
and over her accustomed prayers for his safety and welfare.
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