CHAPTER VII

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é Rising | : 3 before the dawn, I k my ¢ and went out to shoot a few q 5 At twelve o' OCK, I had not come home, they sat d 1 to lunch without m When |] entered the room Beauvais was looking like a man who wes the bearer of an rtant state-secret, and S not accustom to it The bé was toying w his food and saying nothing Denise was giving monosy le 11 + n ‘ à As ! } | answers to all t her fa r aSked, At ler | ivin 1] ] } +] Li!

careluily to aq hl | nand ! da | | whicn he slowly lighted, Beauvais asked s d hter what she th ht of Mr. Po She blushed and replied that she thought 1 very polite a: very oper, but that she did not 1h Ior à ! har i, nd that } fae} has by he ¢ ” } . +} ” ri : ‘ IAtNCT Had no I nt tO giy is word Ww out Si Of Ali consulting her.

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he cive you the expla ion vou desire? I am young { tr Le si da, KNOW ny SOT t b of countr\ ] ft ] Of sendit n my re n and turning farmer he J can find aman who Wii = i tre least of -d well-stocked farm. Give me your daughter, and bot} f us W work hard to 1! n pa of your lost | i few minutes he got up and began to pace up i down t rrow room Then looking out of the w, he s i in his gruffest voice, ‘ Denise = eand s 1 fool whe w O marry you without ot ti 24 my ] CHAPTER VIII “ The evening of t wedding had come ‘The grand F reception-room wa full of people. More than a = ndred guests sat down to dinner at the two long = tables which were brilliantly lit with candles and " orated with flowers. The whole of that day the . er was unable to do without music, and now during ; while the servants kept ceaselessly coming = | going, the music of the viol and the bagpipe arose = m the garden beneath the windows. Wine flowed water and mingled with the rich odour of abun = ct that permea ed the wh le farm | old e argued, disputed, and, above all, dra t young people laughed, jested, and chatted ied Tru With the arrival of tne dessert, t farmer osed t toast of the young co , and tl t CI ests getting O their feet rank the of t newly married cot About 1 ht m gradually du iway, the were put out \ i the garden was swallowed up in the darkness of ra autumn Higñt

COMPOSITION EXERCISES Write in your own words an és iy on Abbe Dante! ana

make use of the Joliowing materia

S 1. Daniel, a young priest, quits college, as he thinks for ever—pays a visit to his uncle—falls in love with his cousin Denise—she is betrothed to a wealthy farmer everybody knows but Daniel—on k arning real state of affairs Daniel returns heart-broken to his seminary— tries to lorget—works zealously in tow applies for poor country - parish—adopts an orphan boy called Daniel—educates him and brings him up to manhood difficulty in choosing a calling—a soldier— Abbé Daniel hears of the death of Denise—greatly excited —arm mutilated by threshing-machine--unable to perform service—resigens his charge offers to becoms tutor of the child Denise—at same time young Daniel joins the army.

$2. The child Denise wayward and wilful gradually subdued by gentle influence of priest— finally becomes a

beautitul woman—has great power over her father-

news from the seat of war patriotic letter from Daniel sUrs up the emotions ot father and daughter the Abbé's secret ambition to unite Daniel and Denis at last war is over Daniel invited to the farm—fond of horses and a good shot—favourite of father and daughter—

Farmer Beauvais seeks a husband for Denise—the son

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