21/36 The Count de Narbonne feels interested in me, and wishes to assist me and my brother. Your friendship is very dear to me, and I entreat you not to forget me. My brother remains at the hotel, and my room belongs to me for the month. I have paid everything." "Here is," said I to myself, "a second Lucie de Pasean, and I am a second time the dupe of my foolish delicacy, for I feel certain that the count will not make her happy. But I wash my hands of it all." I went to the Theatre Francais in the evening, and enquired about Narbonne. |