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L’Abbe Constantin

CHAPTER III
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"That delicious little stream which wanders through the park is alone worth three millions." "And you said just now, Monsieur le Cure, that there were several persons who disputed the purchase with us ?" "Yes, Mrs.Scott." "And, after the sale, was my name mentioned among these persons ?" "Certainly it was." "And when my name was mentioned was there no one there who spoke of me?
Yes, yes, your silence is a sufficient answer; they did speak of me.
Well, Monsieur le Cure, I am now serious, very serious.

I beg you as a favor to tell me what was said." "But," replied the poor Cure, who felt himself upon burning coals, "they spoke of your large fortune." "Yes, of course, they would be obliged to speak of that, and no doubt they said that I was very rich, but had not been rich long--that I was a parvenu.

Very well, but that is not all; they must have said something else." "No, indeed; I have heard nothing else." "Oh, Monsieur le Cure, that is what you may call a white lie, and it is making you very unhappy, because naturally you are the soul of truth; but if I torment you thus it is because I have the greatest interest in knowing what was said." "You are right," interrupted Jean, "you are right.

They said you were one of the most elegant, the most brilliant, and the--" "And one of the prettiest women in Paris.

With a little indulgence they might say that; but that is not all yet--there is something else." "Oh! I assure you--" "Yes, there is something else, and I should like to hear it this very moment, and I should like the information to be very frank and very exact.


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