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“You have been remarkably successful with
the Countess,” he began, “and we are all very
grateful to you. I must also compliment you
about the Marquise. I have just come from her,
I am her confessor, and I must say I am
astonished to see how much better she is in every way.
But it is about the Count that I have come to
speak to you to-day, I am greatly worried about
him, I am sure il file un mauvais coton. He
hardly ever leaves the house, spends most of his
days in his room smoking his big cigars, he sleeps
for hours after luncheon and I often find him any
time of the day asleep in his arm-chair with his
cigar in his mouth. In the country he is quite
a different man, he takes his morning-ride every
day after Mass, is active and bright and takes
much interest in the management of his big
estates. His only wish is to go to his château
in Touraine and if the Countess cannot be
persuaded to leave Paris, as I fear is the case, I have
reluctantly come to the conclusion that he should
go alone. He has great confidence in you and if
you tell him it is necessary for his health to leave
Paris, he will do so. This is precisely what I
have come to ask you to do.”
“I am sorry, M. l’Abbé, but I cannot.”
He looked at me with undisguised surprise,
almost suspicion.
“May I ask you the reason for your refusal?”
“The Countess cannot leave Paris now and it is
only natural that she should accompany the
Count.”
“Why cannot she be treated for her colitis in
the country, there is a very good and safe doctor
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