[The Son of Clemenceau by Alexandre (fils) Dumas]@TWC D-Link bookThe Son of Clemenceau CHAPTER XII 11/19
I thought of you, Hedwig, and I have bought you something pretty to wear on your days out--bought it in Paris, too." "Is that so ?" exclaimed the girl, much less absent and saucy in the curl of her lip; "you are always kind." "Yes; they are in my new trunk, for which you had better send the gardener at once.
He is not forgotten either.
There is a set of jewelry, too, in the old Teutonic style.
They say now in Paris that any idea of war between France and Prussia is absurd, and there is a revulsion in feeling--the vogue is all for German things.
I am not sorry that I know how to dress in their style, and I have some genuine Rhenish jewelry, which become me very well." "I see that madame has indeed not altered," remarked Hedwig, plentifully adorned with smiles, as the sunshine streamed into the grave apartment. "You have fresh projects of captivating the men!" Cesarine smiled also, and nodded several times. "Here ?" cried the girl, in surprise. "Certainly here, since I understand you are receiving company in shoals." "That is all over now, madame, and I am sorry, for the callers were very generous to me.
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