Montcornet

Montcornet, who had just renewed their old acquaintance, but he listened to him without hearing him; his mind was elsewhere.

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When Montcornet returned to the ballroom, Madame de Vaudremont was the first person on whom his eyes fell, and he observed on her face, usually so calm, some symptoms of ill-disguised agitation.

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Montcornet stopped a man by taking his arm — a fat little man, whose iron-gray hair and clever eyes were to be seen at the lintel of every doorway, and who mingled unceremoniously with the various groups which welcomed him respectfully.

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Montcornet had only time to withdraw, saying to himself by way of consolation,

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“Yes, but you have lost eighty thousand francs a year!” retorted Montcornet, glancing at Madame de

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With these words the friends parted; General Montcornet made his way to the cardroom, where he saw the Comte de Soulanges sitting at

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Duchess, seeing the jaunty Baron prowling round her chair, smiled with sardonic irony, and looked at Madame de Vaudremont with an expression that made Montcornet laugh.

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“Oh! spare us your terrible verdicts,” cried Madame de Montcornet with a smile.

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And he sank quite overcome on an easy-chair to which Montcornet had led him.

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Montcornet to look down a little as he answered his raillery with a friendly glance.

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