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Chapter 2

           Itsauthorwasadoctor!Therearecertainscientificpointsinitthatitisnotillamanshouldknow,andIwouldevenventuretosaythatamanmustknow.Butlaterlater!Atanyrate,nottillyouaremanyourselfandyourtemperamentisformed."

           WhenEmmaknockedatthedoor.Charles,whowaswaitingforher,cameforwardwithopenarmsandsaidtoherwithtearsinhisvoice

           "Ah!mydear!"

           Andhebentoverhergentlytokissher.Butatthecontactofhislipsthememoryoftheotherseizedher,andshepassedherhandoverherfaceshuddering.

           Butshemadeanswer,"Yes,Iknow,Iknow!"

           Heshowedhertheletterinwhichhismothertoldtheeventwithoutanysentimentalhypocrisy.Sheonlyregrettedherhusbandhadnotreceivedtheconsolationsofreligion,ashehaddiedatDaudeville,inthestreet,atthedoorofacafeafterapatrioticdinnerwithsomeex-officers.

           Emmagavehimbacktheletter;thenatdinner,forappearance’ssake,sheaffectedacertainrepugnance.Butasheurgedhertotry,sheresolutelybeganeating,whileCharlesoppositehersatmotionlessinadejectedattitude.

           Nowandthenheraisedhisheadandgaveheralonglookfullofdistress.Oncehesighed,"Ishouldhavelikedtoseehimagain!"

           Shewassilent.Atlast,understandingthatshemustsaysomething,"Howoldwasyourfather?"sheasked.

           "Fifty-eight."

           "Ah!"

           Andthatwasall.

           Aquarterofanhourafterheadded,"Mypoormother!whatwillbecomeofhernow?"

           Shemadeagesturethatsignifiedshedidnotknow.

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