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OBSTACLES TO YOUNG LOVE.
In 1829 the old noblesse had recovered as to manners and customs something of the prestige it had irrevocably lost in politics.

Moreover, the sentiment which governs parents and grandparents in all that relates to matrimonial conventions is an imperishable sentiment, closely allied to the very existence of civilized societies and springing from the spirit of family.

It rules in Geneva as in Vienna and in Nemours, where, as we have seen, Zelie Minoret refused her consent to a possible marriage of her son with the daughter of a bastard.

Still, all social laws have their exceptions.