CHAPTER XVIII

A. 1. After the wedding breakfast, she had to change her dress. 2. Let us set out for Italy. 3. Let us hope that he will soon corne. 4. The priest went into the pulpit and preached on the iniquities of men. 5. I love to meditate on our last interview. 6. Lean your head on this wall. 7. He had more than five hundred of them. 8. The sound of his voice gave her the most violent shock she had ever felt. 9. His expression was a hundred times more ravishing than the one she had dreamed about. 10. Wait! there they are coming now ! x 1 . Those who hâve never loved are to be pitied. 1 2. Did he remember the time when he had wished to persuade her that love was nojrthe most charming thing in the world?

B. After Blanche was married, the curé was installed in the Parish of Pavol. Reine was full of happiness when she saw him go up into the pulpit. But the winter seemed long to her. Therefore she used to go continually to confide her anxieties to the priest. After six months had passed thus, she was sitting one day on a bench in the priest's garden, when she heard the creaking of the gâte. ' Paul was approaching her with great s tri des. He said that if he had known her secret sooner, he would not hâve stayed so long away. The Commandant had known her secret for a long time without her suspecting it. On the day of her marriage they told her that the sky was overcast, but she didn't believe a word of it. After her husband had placed the marriage ring on her finger, she heard a dowager in the throng whispering "What a pretty bride! How happy she looks ! "