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Chapter 10

           

           Beforeenteringhestoppedonthethreshold,raisedhishandasifmakingasolemnvow,andcried:

           “Iwon’tdrink!”

           Thenhewentuptotheprince,seizedbothhishands,shookthemwarmly,anddeclaredthathehadatfirstfelthostiletowardstheprojectofthismarriage,andhadopenlysaidsointhebilliard-rooms,butthatthereasonsimplywasthat,withtheimpatienceofafriend,hehadhopedtoseetheprincemarryatleastaPrincessdeRohanordeChabot;butthatnowhesawthattheprince’swayofthinkingwastentimesmorenoblethanthatof“alltherestputtogether.”Forhedesiredneitherpompnorwealthnorhonour,butonlythetruth!Thesympathiesofexaltedpersonageswerewellknown,andtheprincewastoohighlyplacedbyhiseducation,andsoon,nottobeinsomesenseanexaltedpersonage!

           “Butallthecommonherdjudgedifferently;inthetown,atthemeetings,inthevillas,attheband,intheinnsandthebilliard-rooms,thecomingeventhasonlytobementionedandthereareshoutsandcriesfromeverybody.Ihaveevenheardtalkofgettingupa‘charivari’underthewindowsonthewedding-night.Soif‘youhaveneedofthepistol’ofanhonestman,prince,Iamreadytofirehalfadozenshotsevenbeforeyourisefromyournuptialcouch!”

           Kelleralsoadvised,inanticipationofthecrowdmakingarushaftertheceremony,thatafire-hoseshouldbeplacedattheentrancetothehouse;butLebedeffwasopposedtothismeasure,whichhesaidmightresultintheplacebeingpulleddown.

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