The Lemonade.

           Morrelwas,infact,veryhappy.M.Noirtierhadjustsentforhim,andhewasinsuchhastetoknowthereasonofhisdoingsothathehadnotstoppedtotakeacab,placinginfinitelymoredependenceonhisowntwolegsthanonthefourlegsofacab-horse.HehadthereforesetoffatafuriousratefromtheRueMeslay,andwashasteningwithrapidstridesinthedirectionoftheFaubourgSaint–Honore.Morreladvancedwithafirm,manlytread,andpoorBarroisfollowedhimashebestmight.Morrelwasonlythirty-one,Barroiswassixtyyearsofage;Morrelwasdeeplyinlove,andBarroiswasdyingwithheatandexertion.Thesetwomen,thusopposedinageandinterests,resembledtwopartsofatriangle,presentingtheextremesofseparation,yetneverthelesspossessingtheirpointofunion.ThispointofunionwasNoirtier,anditwashewhohadjustsentforMorrel,withtherequestthatthelatterwouldlosenotimeincomingtohimacommandwhichMorrelobeyedtotheletter,tothegreatdiscomfitureofBarrois.Onarrivingatthehouse,Morrelwasnotevenoutofbreath,forlovelendswingstoourdesires;butBarrois,whohadlongforgottenwhatitwastolove,wassorelyfatiguedbytheexpeditionhehadbeenconstrainedtouse.

           TheoldservantintroducedMorrelbyaprivateentrance,closedthedoorofthestudy,andsoontherustlingofadressannouncedthearrivalofValentine.

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