Those who permitted themselves to despise her counsel, and who were happy after their own fashion, incurred her lasting displeasure.

She obstinately asserted to them that their seeming happiness was all a deceit; that they had fastened a stone about their necks; and that, without appearing to do so, at the bottom of their hearts they bitterly repented.

She added, "It is not my fault; I told you, but you would not believe me." Mme.

de Lorcy had an almost maternal affection for her nephew, M.
Camille Langis.

Confident that he could not be otherwise than successful in a love-affair, she promised him that he should marry Mlle.Moriaz.