They
returned to the gate of the Pleasaunce. "Well, mademoiselle," said
Riviere very sadly, "that interloper might as well have been with us."
"Of course he might, and you would have lost nothing by permitting me
to be courteous to a guest and an invalid. If you had not played the
tyrant, and taken the matter into your own hands, I should have found
means to soothe your jeal--I mean your vanity; but you preferred to have
your own way. Well, you have had it."
"Yes, mademoiselle, you have given me a lesson; you have shown me how
idle it is to attempt to force a young lady's inclinations in anything."
He bade her good-day, and went away sorrowful.
She cut Camille dead for the rest of the day.
Next morning, early, Edouard called expressly to see her. "Mademoiselle
Rose," said he, humbly, "I called to apologize for the ungentlemanly
tone of my remonstrances yesterday."
"Fiddle-dee," said Rose. "Don't do it again; that is the best apology."
"I am not likely to offend so again," said he sadly. "I am going away. I
am sorry to say I am promoted; my new post is ten leagues.
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