[The Son of Clemenceau by Alexandre (fils) Dumas]@TWC D-Link bookThe Son of Clemenceau CHAPTER XI 4/19
By the way, as a proof of that assertion, let me tell you that the viscount is no more worthy of you than that ever-dreaming student.
You think he adores you? _pfui_! only so far as you will aid the realization of his ambition.
Besides, he is only an officer in our ranks; he is not unbridled, and at any moment he may be ordered away.
Renounce this kind of love, my child, not durable and unendurable!" Was this the major preaching? He who had held with the hare and run with the hounds, that is, tried to win the ascending and the declining star! "Tell me," he continued, seriously, "tell me when you can control your heart, and it is I who will set you on that stage where you should have figured long since." She had turned pale and she bit her lip.
Her dullness in not suspecting the identity of this spy, her lover, pained her acutely.
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