The gentry returned to their country houses, and in time the happy day arrived when Diana de Laurebourg was to return to her father's country mansion.

The lovers had now every opportunity to meet, and would exhort each other to have patience, and a week after Diana's return they spent a long day together in the woods.

After this delicious day, Norbert, happy and light-hearted, returned to his father's house.
"Marquis," said the Duke, plunging at once into the topic nearest his heart, "I have found a wife for you, and in two months you will marry her.".