A Parisian Romance — page 99: what you’re looking at

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90 A PARISIAN ROMANCE. “Yes. Well,” resumed Madame de Targy, in the same contained, measured tones she had used from the beginning of her narration, “Monsieur de Her- vieres, rightly or wrongly, regarded Mademoiselle d’? Ambleuse, now Baroness Chevrial, as his daugh- ter. When he died, half a dozen years ago, as he had no near relatives, he desired to leave his fortune, a considerable one, to Armande d’ Am- bleuse. But Madame d’ Ambleuse’s husband was living at that time, and it was impossible so long as he lived, to leave such a legacy to his legal daughter without opening his eyes to his wife’s shame and hisown. To realize his intentions in re- gard to the young girl, Monsieur de Fervieres was therefore forced to postpone putting them into exe- cution until the moment that Monsieur d’ Ambleuse should be no more. As the French law does not recognize what is known as a trusteeship, Monsieur de Fervieres, to accomplish his purpose, left by will his entire fortune to your father.” “To my father?” echoed Henri, who had listened with the most absorbed attention to every word that fell from his mother’s lips. He was far from. understanding what this old and painful story could have to do with her strange condition since his father’s death; but he was more than anxious to hear her to the end that she might be relieved of this secret whatever it might be, which she had borne so long in silence, and the effects of which had been so disastrous to her health and spirits. Gomicbooks..co =}