I don't believe that Julie would accept Auersperg on any terms, not if he were to make her a real princess of the oldest princely house in the world, not if he were to lay the fortunes of the Rothschilds at her feet.

She is of good French republican stock, and she is a thorough republican herself." Weber smiled a little.
"Your faith in Mademoiselle Lannes is great," he said, "and I can see that it proceeds, in part at least, from a just and pure emotion." John reddened.

He saw that he had laid bare his soul, but he was not ashamed.

Once more he strengthened his heart and now he resolved upon a plan.
"The snowfall is decreasing fast," he said.

"Auersperg and his troop can't be far from here.