"Will you take me this
evening to Monsieur Valmond, dear friend?" she asked.
She saw now how useless it was to attempt anything through these admirers
of Valmond; she must do it herself. He must be firmly and finally warned
and dissuaded. The conviction had suddenly come to her with great force,
that the end was near--come to her as it came to Elise. Her wise mind had
seen the sure end; Elise's heart had felt it.
The avocat readily promised. She was to call for him at a little before
eight o'clock. But she decided that she would first seek Elise; before
she accused the man, she would question the woman. Above and beyond all
anger she felt at this miserable episode, there was pity in her heart for
the lonely girl. She was capable of fierce tempers, of great caprices, of
even wild injustice, when her emotions had their way with her; but her
heart was large, her nature deep and broad, and her instincts kind. The
little touch of barbarism in her gave her, too, a sense of primitive
justice. She was self-analytical, critical of life and conduct, yet her
mind and her heart, when put to the great test, were above mere
anatomising.
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