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[1] Asthedaywaspleasant, MadameValmondedroveovertoL’AbritoseeDesireeandthebaby.
[2] , itseemedbutyesterdaythatDesireewaslittlemorethanababyherself; whenMonsieurinridingthroughthegatewayofValmondehadfoundherlyingasleepintheshadowofthebigstonepillar.
[3] Thelittleoneawokeinhisarmsandbegantocryfor “Dada”., , whosecanvascoveredwagon, lateintheday, hadcrossedtheferrythatCotonMaiskept, , , affectionateandsincere, — theidolofValmonde.
[4] Itwasnowonder, whenshestoodonedayagainstthestonepillarinwhoseshadowshehadlainasleep, eighteenyearsbefore, thatArmandAubignyridingbyandseeingherthere, , ; forhehadknownhersincehisfatherbroughthimhomefromParis, aboyofeight, , whenhesawheratthegate, sweptalonglikeanavalanche, orlikeaprairiefire, orlikeanythingthatdrivesheadlongoverallobstacles.
[5] MonsieurValmondegrewpracticalandwantedthingswellconsidered: thatis, thegirl’? HeorderedthecorbeillefromParis, andcontainedhimselfwithwhatpatiencehecoulduntilitarrived; thentheyweremarried.
[6] ’Abrisheshudderedatthefirstsightofit, , whichformanyyearshadnotknownthegentlepresenceofamistress, oldMonsieurAubignyhavingmarriedandburiedhiswifeinFrance, , , solemnoaksgrewclosetoit, andtheirthick-leaved, ’srulewasastrictone, too, andunderithisnegroeshadforgottenhowtobegay, astheyhadbeenduringtheoldmaster’seasy-goingandindulgentlifetime.
[7] Theyoungmotherwasrecoveringslowly, andlayfulllength, inhersoftwhitemuslinsandlaces, , uponherarm, wherehehadfallenasleep, .
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