Alfred de Rosann — page 137: what you’re looking at

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128 ALFRED DE ROSANN. -young Frenchman would have proposed to her younger daughter;”? and since he had succeeded to the wealth of the late La Motte, she had been particularly anxious to retain him in her family as a son-in-law. But the worthy lady was doomed to see her Chateaux en Espagne \evelled in an instant. When Mr. Robson entered the room, his disappoint- ed spouse drew him aside, and whispered in his ear, «So M. De Rosann is decided on leaving London to- morrow morning:”’ “ ¥es, my love.”’ «¢ And he has not proposed to Selina,”” continued the good lady. | ‘¢ No, my love.’’ “Do you not think it rather strange?” inquired Mrs. Robson. ‘¢ Not at all, my love.” . ‘IT wish you would not Jove me quite so much, Mr. Robson ; but give yourself the trouble to be a little more explicit.’’ «On what subject ??? demanded the banker calmly. ‘ Relative to M. De Rosann’s conducf,’’’ returned Mrs. Robson. ‘What has he done ?” . “What has he not done? you mean. After all his © flirtation with Selina—after all his marked attention te her—and after all the kindness he has experienced at this house, he has not proposed, and he purposes leaving to-morrow morning.”’ | “¢ Now I can be explicit, my dear,’’ said Mr. Robson with the same provoking calmness, which added. to his wife’s irritation. ‘“ M. De Rosann, as you told me yourself, danced twice with Selina at the house of our friends the Wentworths—that was not flirta- tion. M. De Rosann has paid more attention to Selina than to Mary, or any other lady whom he may have - met here, because she understands French, and be- cause he cannot speak. two words of English—that is not marked attention. And with regard to the kind- COMMEOOOlKS AEC)