A Parisian Romance — page 245: what you’re looking at

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286. A PARISIAN ROMANCE. how she has suffered from sorrow and poverty, you will be as touched as we have been.” “Do not expect it!” replied Henri, his brow con- tracted in a somber frown. Madame de Targy, as she heard these words, thought with a pang of the poor girl hidden behind the foliage, and to whom each word of the conver- sation must be distinctly audible. “My son,” she said, imploringly, “do not be gen- erous by halves. Listen to your heart, which has loved her so much, and listen only to it.” “My heart, mother! It is because I have loved her so much that the thought of her fault, the memory of her crime, seems to harden my heart to stone. I consent to receive her beneath my roof because humanity, charity, duty command me to do so. I receive her to save her from another crime, or to remove her from the lowest degrada- tion of poverty. But, ask no more of me. Todo more would be outrage, madness!” And he threw himself down in achair and cov- ered his face with his hands. Madame de Targy approached Doctor Chesnel, who stood leaning against the mantel-piece, moodily regarding the unhappy young man, and feeling that this was a complication which he was power- less to straighten out. “What shall Ido? whispered Madame de Targy, grasping hisarm. “What shall I do? And I pity her so much,” | comicbooks.co