I have just had a letter from my husband, she said; he tells me that they have put me on the list of emigrs. I shall lose my eight hundred francs de rente, but I console myself for that, as there I am on the list of respectable people.Seeing that attention was being attracted to them, the Chevalier in despair put his arm into that of the Marquis, saying
TWO:The taste of the day was expressed in the pictures of the favourite artists, Watteau and Greuze, who painted the graceful groups and landscapes every one admired: charming women sitting in beautiful gardens dressed in costumes suitable for a ball or court festivity, or anything on earth but being out of doors in the country.But the pictures and churches filled Lisette with delight, especially the masterpieces of Correggio, the glory of Parma.
TWO:Lisette was dreadfully afraid of him, for although [141] he liked her, and was always extremely polite and pleasant to her, she never felt that she could trust him.
TWO:Very near this convent lived the sister of her father, the Marquise de Sercey, and her family, with whom she spent much of her time.You wouldnt believe, she said to Lisette, who came to see her at eight oclock one evening, and found her alone, that I have had twenty people to [153] dinner to-day? They all went away directly after the coffee.