“I did not say, general, that my sister should remain an old maid; it’s quite enough for one member of the Montrevel family to have incurred your displeasure.”
“Then what do you mean?”
“Only that, as the matter concerns my sister, she must, if you will allow it, be consulted.”
“Ah, ha! Some provincial love-affair, is there?”
“I can’t say. I left poor Amélie gay and happy, and I find her pale and sad. I shall get the truth out of her; and if you wish me to speak to you again about the matter, I will do so.”
“Yes, do so—when you get back from the Vendée.”
“Ah! So I am going to the Vendée?”
“Why, is that, like marriage, repugnant, to you?”
“Not in the least.”
“Then you are going to the Vendée.”