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“Why?”
The Abbé remained silent.
“Well, Monsieur l’Abbé, I will tell you why.
Because he is in love with his cousin and you
dislike and distrust him.”
“Since you have guessed the truth, and God
knows how, I had better tell you, he wanted to
marry her, but she refused him. Luckily she
doesn’t like him.”
“But she fears him, which is almost worse.”
“The Count dislikes very much his friendship
with the Countess and that is why he didn’t
want her to remain alone in Paris where he was
always taking her out to parties and theatres.”
“I do not believe he is going away to-morrow.”
“He is sure to go, he is much too keen on
getting his Gold Medal as he very likely will, it
is quite true he is a crack shot.”
“I wish I was, I would like to shoot down this
brute to avenge the swallows. Do you know
anything about his parents? I guess there is
something wrong there.”
“His mother was a German Countess and
very beautiful, he gets his good looks from her,
but I understand it was a very unhappy
marriage. His father was a heavy drinker and
was known as an irascible and queer man. He
got almost mad in the end. There are people
who say he committed suicide.”
“I earnestly hope his son will follow his
example, the sooner the better. As to being
mad, he is not far from it.”
“You are right, it is true that the Vicomte is
very odd in many ways. For instance he, who
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