"She is as bad as you—two obstinate fools! I am sorry for your children."
"Mother!"
"Well, and what now?"
"It is useless to resist. It will do no good. It only hurts me. Did your people want you to marry Jean de Courval, my father?"
"No."
"You did. Was it a mésalliance?"
"They said so."
"You set me a good example. I shall do as you did, if, after this, her pride does not come in the way."
"Her pride, indeed! Will it be to-morrow, the marriage?"
"Ah, dear mother, why will you hurt me so?"