[Gerfaut by Charles de Bernard]@TWC D-Link bookGerfaut CHAPTER VIII 17/21
A gentleman, whom I had not seen before, and who, I believe, actually jumped out of the ground, raised me from the saddle, where I was held by something, I do not know what; then that naughty Titania threw him against the tree as he was helping me to my feet, and when I was able to look at him his face was covered with blood.
Christian rushed on the scene, and, when he saw that I was not badly hurt, he ran after Titania and beat her! Oh! how he beat her! Mon Dieu! how cruel men are! It was in vain for me to cry for mercy; he would not listen to me. Then we came home, and, since this gentleman is not badly wounded, it seems that my poor dress has fared worst of all." The young girl took her riding-habit from the chair as she said these words, and could not restrain a cry of horror when she saw an enormous rent in it. "Mon Dieu!" she exclaimed, as she showed it to her sister-in-law.
It was all that she had strength to articulate. Mademoiselle de Corandeuil took the skirt in her turn, and looked at it with the practised eye of a person who had made a special study of little disasters of the toilet and the ways of remedying them. "It is in the fullness," said she, "and by putting in a new breadth it will never be seen." Aline, once convinced that the evil could be repaired, soon recovered her serenity. When the three ladies entered the drawing-room they found the Baron and his two guests chatting amicably.
Gerfaut had his forehead tied up with a black silk band which gave him a slight resemblance to Cupid with his bandage just off his eyes.
His sparkling glance showed that blindness was not what there was in common between him and the charming little god.
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