"
"Thanks, Chevalier," said she, "I cannot wait. It has been a gay
and delightful ball--to them who enjoyed it."
"Among whom you were one, I hope," replied Bigot.
"Yes, I only wanted one thing to be perfectly happy, and that I
could not get, so I must console myself," said she, with an air of
mock resignation.
Bigot looked at her and laughed, but he would not ask what it was
she lacked. He did not want a scene, and feared to excite her wrath
by mention again of the lettre de cachet.
"Let me accompany you to the carriage, Angelique," said he, handing
her cloak and assisting her to put it on.
"Willingly, Chevalier," replied she coquettishly, "but the Chevalier
de Pean will accompany me to the door of the dressing-room. I
promised him." She had not, but she beckoned with her finger to
him. She had a last injunction for De Pean which she cared not that
the Intendant should hear.
De Pean was reconciled by this manoevre; he came, and Angelique and
he tripped off together. "Mind, De Pean, what I asked you about Le
Gardeur!" said she in an emphatic whisper.
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