"Thus these two loved."
Dard, by the way, being an entirely new addition to the novelists'
_corps dramatique_, and almost a Shakspearian character.
"It was her feelings, her confidence, the little love wanted,--not
her secret: that lay bare already to the shrewd young minx,--I beg
her pardon,--lynx."
Another involves a curious philosophy, summed up in the following
formula:--
"She does not love him quite enough.
"He loves her a little too much. Cure,--marriage."
But there are one or two scenes in this tale of "White Lies" perfectly
matchless for fire and spirit; and to support the assertion, the reader
must allow a citation. And he will pardon the first for the sake of the
others, since Josephine is the betrothed of Camille Dujardin.
"When he uttered these terrible words, each of which was a blow
with a bludgeon to the Baroness, the old lady, whose courage was
not equal to her spirit, shrank over the side of her arm-chair,
and cried piteously,--'He threatens me! he threatens me! I am
frightened!'--and put up her trembling hands, so suggestive was
the notary's eloquence of physical violence.
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