A Conjugal Scene.

           AtthePlaceLouisXV.thethreeyoungpeopleseparatedthatistosay,MorrelwenttotheBoulevards,Chateau–RenaudtothePontdelaRevolution,andDebraytotheQuai.MostprobablyMorrelandChateau–Renaudreturnedtotheir"domestichearths,"astheysayinthegalleryoftheChamberinwell-turnedspeeches,andinthetheatreoftheRueRichelieuinwell-writtenpieces;butitwasnotthecasewithDebray.WhenhereachedthewicketoftheLouvre,heturnedtotheleft,gallopedacrosstheCarrousel,passedthroughtheRueSaint–Roch,and,issuingfromtheRuedelaMichodiere,hearrivedatM.Danglars’doorjustatthesametimethatVillefort’slandau,afterhavingdepositedhimandhiswifeattheFaubourgSt.Honore,stoppedtoleavethebaronessatherownhouse.Debray,withtheairofamanfamiliarwiththehouse,enteredfirstintothecourt,threwhisbridleintothehandsofafootman,andreturnedtothedoortoreceiveMadameDanglars,towhomheofferedhisarm,toconducthertoherapartments.Thegateonceclosed,andDebrayandthebaronessaloneinthecourt,heasked"Whatwasthematterwithyou,Hermine?andwhywereyousoaffectedatthatstory,orratherfable,whichthecountrelated?"

           "BecauseIhavebeeninsuchshockingspiritsalltheevening,myfriend,"saidthebaroness.

           "No,Hermine,"repliedDebray;"youcannotmakemebelievethat;onthecontrary,youwereinexcellentspiritswhenyouarrivedatthecount’s.M.

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