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410 THE SORROWS OF ESTEIXE LAMAGJJ.
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" Such had heen the state of affairs during" the summer and early autumn , when the sudden death of the steward , removing the great
obstacle to Jacques' marriage , brought about fresh events . " Monsieur Castee having been for so many years the confidential
steward of Monsieur de Bonneval , his death was the means of renewing the intercourse of the De Bonnevals with their estate .
Monsieur , now aged , leaves the management of his affairs to Madame Charles , and a letter from her informed Jacques that he . "was
empowered hy her to enter upon the office of his late father , and also that the chateau must be prepared for the reception of the family
in the course of a few weeks . The letter was worded in very gracious terms , and it was already evident that Jacques inherited the favor
of the De Bonneval's family . And in one way this was only just , of since Jacques it is well 7 late known father in , Monsieur the village de , that Bonneval , except would for the not exertions now be
in possession of his estate . " It was during the first revolution that the father of the present
old Monsieur de Bonneval , with his wife and child fled to England , accompanied by their trustworthy steward , Etienne Castee , and it
was in England that the present Monsieur de Bonneval and Jacques Castee the elder , just deceased , were brought up together in poverty ;
nor was it until affcer the fall of the Emperor that there appeared the smallest chance of the recovery of the ancestral estates . Neither
in all probability would this good fortune have happened to the De Bonneval family at all except for the cleverness of the then young
Jacques Castee , who , having _RYe times the wit of his master , it is said , travelled to Paris , personating the descendant of Marechal de
Bonneval at court and elsewhere , and at length returned to his master having satisfactorily transacted the important business .
From this time of course the union existing between the De Bonneval and Castee families may be said to date .
" It must be about twelve months ago , now , that this letter from Madame Charles was received by Jacques , and he at once assumed
his new dignity . Much wonder was expressed in the village , whether , being now his own master , and in possession of the steward ' s
comfortable apartments at the chateau , Jacques would openly come forward and claim the hand of young Blanche . Greatly as Monsieur
le Cure had disapproved of much of Jacques Castee ' s previous conduct , now , when he perceived that the young man was regular in
his attendance at mass with Estelle and her daughter , and when he was informed by him that he looked forward to the celebration of
their marriage when the family should arrive at the chateau , monsieur felt inclined to regard the affair somewhat more hopefully , and
gave much excellent advice to the young couple , such as only he could give . Still , I remember his remarking to me more than
once , that somehow affcer all he was not quite easy in his mind about this connection . There was something , too , about Blanche which
troubled and disappointed him , she scarcely seemed to him the pure
410 The Sorrows Of Esteixe Lamagjj.
410 THE SORROWS OF ESTEIXE LAMAGJJ .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/50/
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