The Law.

           WehaveseenhowquietlyMademoiselleDanglarsandMademoiselled’Armillyaccomplishedtheirtransformationandflight;thefactbeingthateveryonewastoomuchoccupiedinhisorherownaffairstothinkoftheirs.Wewillleavethebankercontemplatingtheenormousmagnitudeofhisdebtbeforethephantomofbankruptcy,andfollowthebaroness,whoafterbeingmomentarilycrushedundertheweightoftheblowwhichhadstruckher,hadgonetoseekherusualadviser,LucienDebray.Thebaronesshadlookedforwardtothismarriageasameansofriddingherofaguardianshipwhich,overagirlofEugenie’scharacter,couldnotfailtoberatheratroublesomeundertaking;forinthetacitrelationswhichmaintainthebondoffamilyunion,themother,tomaintainherascendancyoverherdaughter,mustneverfailtobeamodelofwisdomandatypeofperfection.

           Now,MadameDanglarsfearedEugenie’ssagacityandtheinfluenceofMademoiselled’Armilly;shehadfrequentlyobservedthecontemptuousexpressionwithwhichherdaughterlookeduponDebrayanexpressionwhichseemedtoimplythatsheunderstoodallhermother’samorousandpecuniaryrelationshipswiththeintimatesecretary;moreover,shesawthatEugeniedetestedDebraynotonlybecausehewasasourceofdissensionandscandalunderthepaternalroof,butbecauseshehadatonceclassedhiminthatcatalogueofbipedswhomPlatoendeavorstowithdrawfromtheappellationofmen,andwhomDiogenesdesignatedasanimalsupontwolegswithoutfeathers.

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