Alfred de Rosann — page 133: what you’re looking at

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124 ALFRED DE ROSANN. Malo, and laughed heartily at the contents of Cham- pignon’s prospectus; for he instantly recognised the nicknames and real appellations of many of the con- victs at the dagne, who had made the poor gastrono- mer their butt, and had puffed him up with promises to take shares in his coneern. But the happy tidings, that Eloise gradually acquired health and spirits on ac- eount of the prospects her lover held out relative to his pardon and speedy return to France, to claim her hand of a parent whose obstacles he declared his ability to overcome, caused our hero to experience sentiments of pleasure and felicity which we cannot define. Those only who have combatted against the cruelty or the pride of parents, and who have met with severe repugnance to the attainment of a consent too long withheld, can appreciate the feelings of a fond lover when he sees fortune suddenly smiling upon him, his mistress tender and constant, and a more than proba- bility of eventually conducting her a blushing bride, resplendent with beauty, animation, and joy, to the | hymeneal altar. ) Time wore on—about a month since the receipt of Leblond’s letter elapsed—and that mysterious indivi- - dual, faithful to his promise, sent De Rosann the anx- iously-anticipated pardon. Our hero tore open the paper that enclosed it; and when his eyes caught the — first words, “‘ Nous, Charles le dix, Roi de France et Navarre, avons ordonné et ordennons ce gui suit,’ &c., &c.,* and when he noticed the signature of the Minister of Justice at the bottom of the sovereign decree, he could not contain his joy; but with all his native vivacity he performed a thousand ridiculous antics, till he was ashamed of his very self, and began seriously to consider whether he had not lost his senses. ‘The idea that he could now return to his * «We, Charles the Tenth, King of France and Navarre have decreed and do decree that which follows,” &c. This is the preamble of all royal mandates in France. Gomichbooks;com