Part 28 (1/1)

”And a beautiful day,” said Brigitte, ”the memory of which shall never fade.”

They hastened away and disappeared in the crowd. A moment later a carriage pa.s.sed over a little hill beyond Fontainebleau. The young man was the only occupant; he looked for the last time upon his native town as it disappeared in the distance and thanked G.o.d that, of the three beings who had suffered through his fault, there remained but one of them still unhappy.