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Attainment
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Helefttheroom,closedthedoor,soughttheporter,andsaidtohim:"Madameisresting.Shewillgooutsoon.YoucantelltheproprietorthatIhavegivennoticeforthefirstofOctober."
Hismarriagewasfixedforthetwentieth;itwastotakeplaceattheMadeleine.Therehadbeenagreatdealofgossipabouttheentireaffair,andmanydifferentreportswerecirculated.Mme.Walterhadagedgreatly;herhairwasgrayandshesoughtsolaceinreligion.
IntheearlypartofSeptember"LaVieFrancaise"announcedthatBaronduRoydeCantelhadbecomeitschiefeditor,M.Walterreservingthetitleofmanager.Tothatannouncementweresubjoinedthenamesofthestaffofartandtheatricalcritics,politicalreporters,andsoforth.Journalistsnolongersneeredinspeakingof"LaVieFrancaise;"itssuccesshadbeenrapidandcomplete.Themarriageofitschiefeditorwaswhatwascalleda"Parisianevent,"GeorgesduRoyandtheWaltershavingoccasionedmuchcommentforsometime.
Theceremonytookplaceonaclear,autumnday.Atteno’clockthecuriousbegantoassemble;ateleveno’clock,detachmentsofofficerscametodispersethecrowd.Soonafter,thefirstguestsarrived;theywerefollowedbyothers,womeninrichcostumes,men,graveanddignified.Thechurchslowlybegantofill.NorbertdeVarenneespiedJacquesRival,andjoinedhim.
"Well,"saidhe,"sharpersalwayssucceed.
