"
"Lost her jewels, eh? Did she say you were to tell me that she had
lost her jewels, Fanchon?"
"Yes, aunt, that is what she wants to consult you about," replied
Fanchon, with simplicity. But the keen perception of La Corriveau
saw that a second purpose lay behind it.
"A likely tale!" muttered she, "that so rich a lady would send for
La Corriveau from St. Valier to find a few jewels! But it will do.
I will go with you to the city: I cannot refuse an invitation like
that. Gold fetches any woman, Fanchon. It fetches me always. It
will fetch you, too, some day, if you are lucky enough to give it
the chance."
"I wish it would fetch me now, aunt; but poor girls who live by
service and wages have small chance to be sent for in that way! We
are glad to get the empty hand without the money. Men are so scarce
with this cruel war, that they might easily have a wife to each
finger, were it allowed by the law. I heard Dame Tremblay say--and
I thought her very right--the Church does not half consider our
condition and necessities.
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