The Secret Memoirs of the Duc De Roquelaure volume 2
The Secret Memoirs of the Duc De Roquelaure volume 2
Gaston Jean Baptiste Roquelaure
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You forget . . . . " " What do I forget ? " " That I am a married man. " And may I perish if I had, in fact, remembered it at that moment ! His marriage with Lucile Avenel had been so hasty and so unexpected, that I sometimes still thought of La Tour as a bachelor. Certainly he had had but a slight foretaste of conjugal blisses and was only half a husband. His words recalled me to a right appreciation of his position, and I felt respect for his scruples and discretion. But I was far from having... the same reasons as my cousin for feeling in- dulgent, and I delivered a vehement diatribe against prudes in general and Madame de Mental in par- ticular. It was late. La Tour listened to me at first with a heroism deserving a better reward. But in the long run my eloquence became monotonous, and I saw that he was going to sleep, even while he wished me every kind of success and recommended me, before all things, to act with prudence and care. I roused him to send him to bed, and had not to tell him twice ; he quitted me, leaving me the following remarks to digest by way of a farewell speech : 108 SECRET MEMOIRS OF " You are very wrong to be so angered at a trifle.
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