"
"Yes, aunt, that is our way in the kingdom of pleasure! And we
begin this morning: Le Gardeur and Pierre will ride to the village
to meet our cousin Heloise, from Lotbiniere."
"But you will accompany us, Amelie!" exclaimed Le Gardeur. "I will
not go else,--it was a bargain!"
"Oh, I did not count myself for anything but an embarrassment! of
course I shall go with you, Le Gardeur, but our cousin Heloise de
Lotbiniere is coming to see you, not me. She lost her heart,"
remarked she, turning to Pierre, "when she was last here, at the
feast of St. John, and is coming to seek it again."
"Ah! how was that, Amelie?" asked Philibert. "I remember the lovely
face, the chestnut curls, and bright black eyes of Heloise de
Lotbiniere. And has hers really gone the way of all hearts?"
"Of all good hearts, Pierre,--but you shall hear if you will be good
and listen. She saw the portraits of you and Le Gardeur, one day,
hung in the boudoir of my aunt. Heloise professed that she admired
both until she could not tell which she liked best, and left me to
decide.
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