Heaven reserves strength and beauty for the children of love!' The monster, that is I!" said the advocate, with intense rage.

"Whilst the other--But let us ignore these preliminaries to an outrageous action.

I only desired up to the present to show you the aberration of my father's reason under the influence of his passion.
We shall soon come to the point." M.Tabaret was astonished at the strength of this passion, of which Noel was disturbing the ashes.

Perhaps, he felt it all the more keenly on account of those expressions which recalled his own youth.

He understood how irresistible must have been the strength of such a love and he trembled to speculate as to the result.
"Here is," resumed Noel, holding up a sheet of paper, "not one of those interminable epistles from which I have read you short extracts, but a simple billet.