Volume V Part 9 (1/2)
CHAPTER III
My Arrival at Marseilles--Madame d'Urfe--My Niece Is Welcomed by Madaeneration--Departure of Madame d'Urfe--Marcoline Rerewwhen I reflected that Marseilles would be the to there, I prolonged es I got to Frejus in less than three hours, and stopped there, and telling Possano and the abbe to do as they liked during our stay, I ordered a delicate supper and choice wine for ht, then ent to bed, and passed the time in sweet sleep and sweeter pleasures I noles, and Aubayne, where I passed the sixth and last night of happiness
As soon as I got to Marseilles I conducted my niece to Madame Audibert's, and sent Possano andtheard tome for three weeks, and I wished to be my own herald to her
It was at Madame Audibert's that my niece had irl froh her that races We had agreed that I should leave e, and should interview Madame Audibert, whose acquaintance I had ee out of nize me her curiosity nized me, and consented to let race in the world
I did not lose any tiiven her a rapid sketch of the affair, how ed La Croix to abandon Mdlle Crosin, how I had been able to be of service to her, and finally, how she had had the good luck to uished person, ould coht, I concluded by saying that I should have the happiness of restoring to her hands the dear girl whose preserver I had been
”Where is she?” cried Madae I have lowered the blinds”
”Bring her in, quick! I will see to everything nobody shall know that she is in my house”
Happier than a prince, Iher face with her cloak and hood, I led my niece to her friend's arms
This was a draiven and received, tears of happiness and repentance shed, I wept ret
In the e, and I went away pro to return and see her another day
I had another and as iement to conclude, I mean with respect to Marcoline I told the postillions to take ed Rosalie so pleasantly Marcoline eeping at this separation froain hastily My new ed, fed, and attended on as if she had been a princess He shewedmarchioness, and he told me that she should be attended by his own niece, that she should not leave the house, and that nobody but eave her the old and made up to a thousand ducats
”You won't want it here,” said I, ”so take care of it At Venice a thousand ducats will make you somebody Do not weep, dearest,I will sup with you”
The old ave me the latch-key, and I went off to the ”Treize Cantons” I was expected, and my rooms were adjacent to those occupied by Madanole waited onme impatiently
I shall not trouble my readers with an account of our interview, as it was only cohts of fancy, and of lies on my part which had not even the acy, I profited by her folly; she would have found someone else to deceive her, if I had not done so, for it was really she who deceived herself I naturally preferred to profit by her rather than that a stranger should do so; she was very rich, and I didanyone any har she asked me was, ”Where is Querilinthos?” And she jumped with joy when I told her that he was under the saain So has ht Ask Paralis if the presents I have prepared are good enough for Semiramis to present to the head of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross”
I did not knohat these presents were, and as I could not ask to see the Paralis, it would be necessary to consecrate the gifts under the planetary hours, and that Querilinthos himself must not see them before the consecration Thereupon she took me to her closet, and shewed me the seven packets s to the seven planets
Each packet contained seven pounds of the metal proper to the planet, and seven precious stones, also proper to the planets, each being seven carats in weight; there were diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, chrysolites, topazes, and opals
Iof this should pass into the hands of the Genoese, and told the mad woman that we must trust entirely in Paralis for theeach packet in a small casket made on purpose One packet, and one only, could be consecrated in a day, and it was necessary to begin with the sun It was now Friday, and we should have to wait till Sunday, the day of the sun On Saturday I had a box with seven niches made for the purpose
For the purposes of consecration I spent three hours every day with Mada Saturday
Throughout this week I made Possano and my brother take their meals with us, and as the latter did not understand a word the good lady said, he did not speak a word hilio Madained ere going to put the soul of a sylph into his body that hehalf hu to seetaken for an idiot, and when he endeavoured to say soht hiht how ill he would have played the part if I had asked hi by his reputation, for Madame d'Urfe clothed him with a decent splendour that would have led one to suppose that the abbe belonged to one of the first fauest at Madame d'Urfe's table was Possano, who had to reply to questions, of theabout the subject, ht Madaements for the consecrations, I received an order froo into the country and sleep there for seven nights in succession, to abstain from intercourse with all mortal women, and to perforht, at the hour of that planet, in the open fields This would enerate Madame d'Urfe ht not be able to do so
Through this order Mada away fro to ensure the success of the operation