Alfred de Rosann — page 198: what you’re looking at

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ALFRED DE ROSANN. 189 noon, in the presence of Mrs. Clayton, her brother- in-law, the mayor, the notary, and a few friends invited to witness the performance of the ceremony. They then proceeded to the church of Saint Hyacinth or the ssumption ; and the nuptials were solemnly blessed by the priest in the sight of heaven. Do not imagine, gentle reader, that when the holy bands of matrimony were thus tied and consecrated by the civil and religious authorities, according to the excellent laws of France, that the happy bridegroom and his gentle bride hastened to the country to pass their honey-moon alone together. Such is not the custom of the French. They returned to the apart- ment occupied by the family in the Rue des Pyra- mides; and in the evening the whole street echoed to the sounds of music and the tread of the dancers. De Rosann and Eloise graced the magnificent ball with their presence; and at one o’clock in the morn- ing our hero hastily threw a cloak around his bride, conducted her to a carriage, and bore her away to the dwelling he had prepared for her reception in the Rue de Castiglione. Leblond’s promise to our hero was not forgotten. When Louis Philippe was firmly established on the throne, and when amidst his numerous cares he had time to think of the individuals to whom he was in- debted for his crown, as France was for her freedom, De Rosann received the Cross of the Legion of Honour, a lucrative and sinecure situation, and a per- manent pension. A year after their marriage, Eloise presented her husband with a son and heir: he was called Alfred in honour of his-father. In 1833 their union was blessed with a girl, whom they named Hloise. Mrs. Clayton died shortly subsequent to the birth of the little Alfred: and Mr. Clayton then took up his abode with his nephew and niece. Every after- noon, at about three o’clock, he may be seen taking his usual walk in the gardens of the Tuileries. Inthe evening he visits the Opera or the Porte St. Martin, EOPMICLOOC) <S (E)