CHAPTER XI.—(Continued.)

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CHAPTER Xl.— (Continued.)

me virtuous JJubois looked at her in alarm. " You pannn^ Pa f on a Ftoe of the Decade 1 Why, unhappy chUd, do you no? see that you will be accused of regretting Sunday ? Come, I say, and on the Sf/ yi ?!r VY u tbat we are celebrating tbe decade, we will drink a-bottle of that old wine which was given to me by Citizen Santuare t the time of my marriage with the citizeness my deceased wife." ' Ww V* B -£ XB ? t £ g !J le dl l. but scaat bonour to the ™ Q > StSf ?k 6 P « Madpme d'Bspreaieail ;it seemed to her fancy to bear the colour of blood. But she was careful not to betray this thought, and she banished it promptly. Her mind was, indeed, full or otner things. marria 1 '?? 11 " I " "*"* "^ abmptly ' affcer the r had dined . " what is 17 u hM> the mo^ Catechism, invented by those pestilent persons who were called prieata, and who traded on public credulity by keeping mankind in the foul meshes of superstition, tauirht that marriage is a sacrament which sanctifies the union of man and woman and renders it indissoluble. Humanity, enlightened by the S P^ lo^P h .y and the avenging torches of the Revolution! shows now that it is a tie contracted in order to give servaUs to the Republic, without any other law than the impulse of "naUre-a tie without any other duty thaa that which two beings, equally free "Vh^fr UP °? SemßS emB l yes and « the eye of thYsoSal rule " ' ;; m n ,f, fl Tha V B J°T' fath t r ' that one oa & ht t#J co °sult the natural impulse only, to obey one's heart, and to follow the love which one » ' That is conformable with principles, 1 as my illustrious friend the august legislator, Maximilian Robespierre, is wont to say '• Tffi <■ P u rs ? n whom you love ' *** wh « loves you, is already a little, not much, bound to another person, who is perhaps your friend would it be right to let it appear that you love^ much 2d S U Sa? P h Py t0 bS loVed r l thaa that P erßon ? Teems to bold." * CoUr9e W ° Uld be V6r7 bad ' Vei> y very " boldness and indelicacy are aristocratic words, my child • remember that, and never utter them again. Democracy abhors them, and they are enough to render one ' suspect.' I can assure tou that no natural right prevents a young girl from taking a betrothed lover away from her friend. Of course, if you come Tt^a social St the thing demands consideration." &ar ' ™JXic"A:t£F m ' " " oM m7dear n ° ihe ' prejudice and the principles of .uperititioD from your mind la