[Gerfaut by Charles de Bernard]@TWC D-Link bookGerfaut CHAPTER II 20/20
People protest against the 'cabinet noir', but it is a hundred times worse if one is permitted to outrage with impunity peaceable families in their own homes.
I mean to find out who has played this trick.
Will you be so kind as to ring the bell ?" "It really is very strange!" said Madame de Bergenheim, pulling the bell-rope with a vivacity which showed that she shared, if not the indignation, at least the curiosity of her aunt. A servant in green livery appeared. "Who went to Remiremont yesterday for the newspapers ?" asked Mademoiselle de Corandeuil. "It was Pere Rousselet, Mademoiselle," replied the servant. "Where is Monsieur de Bergenheim ?" "Monsieur le Baron is playing billiards with Mademoiselle Aline." "Send Leonard Rousselet here." And Mademoiselle de Corandeuil settled herself back in her chair with the dignity of a chancellor about to hold court..
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