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## THE SKJUTS-BOY.
could hOt understand why he wished ber fo use the water at so
laie a season.
"Dear husband," rel#lied she, "you know that I ara now, God
be praised, healthy as a fish in the water, and do hOt require, af
all, that for my sake you should incur a heavy expense."
":No, dear Sophia, you bave never become perfectly well since
that severe sickness," replied the lieutenant-colonel, exasperated,
"and if one neglects an old evil if is very probable if will return
again. :M:ake your calculations, therefore, how much money you
require to prepare your and Amelia’s wardrobe, in such a manner
as our rank " "
requlres.
"If the journey must be made ai all hazards," replied M:adame
de Dressen, submissively, for sh.e was accustomed fo give #vay
before all his whims, "we do hOt need, af least, much expense
for dresses. I think we m#ght lire in a retired manner, and
keep a#vay from all expensive amusements."
"But the hangman take you, for your stupîdity, that is what
we must, and will do," shouted the l#eutenant-colonel, violently #
"are you so totally dumb, that you do hOt wish fo understand
that people belonging fo the higher circles are obliged fo treat
their domestic affairs with a certain degree of elegance ? There
are things #vhich of themselves are very plain and natural, but
notwithstanding cannot always be called by their r#ght names,
or else the affair would appear in an equivocal light ? As soon
as circmnstances of this kind occur, an appropriate and plausible
pretext must be found. Do you understaud me no#v #"
hIadame de Dressen’s countenance became overspread with a
deep flush, and she replied, with a painful feeling of shame–
"I understand, but I hope that Amelia’s ear will be spared
from hearing whal you intend for ber."
"ttow can you entertain such foolish ideas, dear Sophia# Ara
I such a stupid fellow, tha# you ima#ne that I should make my
child acquainted with my God-forsaken and critical position;
for the rest, I would bave believed if should have become my
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