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interrupting Mistigris.
"I would rather have them in the salon; but perhaps I am indiscreet in
asking it," she replied, looking at Bridau coquettishly.
"Beauty, madame, is a sovereign whom all painters worship; it has
unlimited claims upon them."
"They are both charming," thought Madame Moreau. "Do you enjoy
driving? Shall I take you through the woods, after dinner, in my
carriage?"
"Oh! oh! oh!" cried Mistigris, in three ecstatic tones. "Why, Presles
will prove our terrestrial paradise."
"With an Eve, a fair, young, fascinating woman," added Bridau.
Just as Madame Moreau was bridling, and soaring to the seventh heaven,
she was recalled like a kite by a twitch at its line.
"Madame!" cried her maid-servant, bursting into the room.
"Rosalie," said her mistress, "who allowed you to come here without
being sent for?"
Rosalie paid no heed to the rebuke, but whispered in her mistress's
ear:--
"The count is at the chateau."
"Has he asked for me?" said the steward's wife.
"No, madame; but he wants his trunk and the key of his apartment."
"Then give them to him," she replied, making an impatientgesture to
hide her real trouble.
"Mamma! here's Oscar Husson," said her youngest son, bringing in
Oscar, who turned as red as a poppy on seeing the two artists in
evening dress.
"Oh! so you have come, my little Oscar," said Estelle, stiffly. "I
hope you will now go and dress," she added, after looking at him
contemptuously from head to foot. "Your mother, I presume, has not
accustomed you to dine in such clothes as those."
"Oh!" cried the cruel Mistigris, "a future diplomatist knows the
saying that 'two coats are better than none.'"
"How do you mean, a future diplomatist?" exclaimed Madame Moreau.
Poor Oscar had tears in his eyes as he looked in turn from Joseph to
Leon.
"Merely a joke made in travelling," replied Joseph, who wanted to save
Oscar's feelings out of pity.
"The boy just wanted to be funny like the rest of us, and he blagued,
that's all," said Mistigris.
"Madame," said Rosalie, returning to the door of the salon, "his
Excellency has ordered dinner for eight, and wants it served at six
o'clock. What are we to do?"
During Estelle's conference with her head-woman the two artists and
Oscar looked at each other in consternation; their glances were
expressive of terrible apprehension.
"His Excellency! who is he?" said Joseph Bridau.
"Why, Monsieur le Comte de Serizy, of course," replied little Moreau.
"Could it have been the count in the coucou?" said Leon de Lora.
"Oh!" exclaimed Oscar, "the Comte de Serizy always travels in his own
carriage with four horses."
"How did the Comte de Serizy get here?" said the painter to Madame
Moreau, when she returned, much discomfited, to the salon.
"I am sure I do not know," she said. "I cannot explain to myself this
sudden arrival; nor do I know what has brought him-- And Moreau not
here!"
"His Excellency wishes Monsieur Schinner to come over to the chateau,"
said the gardener, coming to the door of the salon. "And he begs
Monsieur Schinner to give him the pleasure to dine with him; also
Monsieur Mistigris."
"Done for!" cried the rapin, laughing. "He whom we took for a
bourgeois in the coucou was the count. You may well say: 'Sour are the
curses of perversity.'"
Oscar was very nearly changed to a pillar of salt; for, at this
revelation, his throat felt saltier than the sea.
"And you, who talked to him about his wife's lovers and his skin
diseases!" said Mistigris, turning on Oscar.
"What does he mean?" exclaimed the steward's wife, gazing after the
two artists, who went away laughing at the expression of Oscar's face.
Oscar remained dumb, confounded, stupefied, hearing nothing, though
Madame Moreau questioned him and shook him violently by his arm, which
she caught and squeezed. She gained nothing, however, and was forced
to leave him in the salon without an answer, for Rosalie appeared
again, to ask for linen and silver, and to beg she would go herself
and see that the multiplied orders of the count were executed. All the
"I would rather have them in the salon; but perhaps I am indiscreet in
asking it," she replied, looking at Bridau coquettishly.
"Beauty, madame, is a sovereign whom all painters worship; it has
unlimited claims upon them."
"They are both charming," thought Madame Moreau. "Do you enjoy
driving? Shall I take you through the woods, after dinner, in my
carriage?"
"Oh! oh! oh!" cried Mistigris, in three ecstatic tones. "Why, Presles
will prove our terrestrial paradise."
"With an Eve, a fair, young, fascinating woman," added Bridau.
Just as Madame Moreau was bridling, and soaring to the seventh heaven,
she was recalled like a kite by a twitch at its line.
"Madame!" cried her maid-servant, bursting into the room.
"Rosalie," said her mistress, "who allowed you to come here without
being sent for?"
Rosalie paid no heed to the rebuke, but whispered in her mistress's
ear:--
"The count is at the chateau."
"Has he asked for me?" said the steward's wife.
"No, madame; but he wants his trunk and the key of his apartment."
"Then give them to him," she replied, making an impatientgesture to
hide her real trouble.
"Mamma! here's Oscar Husson," said her youngest son, bringing in
Oscar, who turned as red as a poppy on seeing the two artists in
evening dress.
"Oh! so you have come, my little Oscar," said Estelle, stiffly. "I
hope you will now go and dress," she added, after looking at him
contemptuously from head to foot. "Your mother, I presume, has not
accustomed you to dine in such clothes as those."
"Oh!" cried the cruel Mistigris, "a future diplomatist knows the
saying that 'two coats are better than none.'"
"How do you mean, a future diplomatist?" exclaimed Madame Moreau.
Poor Oscar had tears in his eyes as he looked in turn from Joseph to
Leon.
"Merely a joke made in travelling," replied Joseph, who wanted to save
Oscar's feelings out of pity.
"The boy just wanted to be funny like the rest of us, and he blagued,
that's all," said Mistigris.
"Madame," said Rosalie, returning to the door of the salon, "his
Excellency has ordered dinner for eight, and wants it served at six
o'clock. What are we to do?"
During Estelle's conference with her head-woman the two artists and
Oscar looked at each other in consternation; their glances were
expressive of terrible apprehension.
"His Excellency! who is he?" said Joseph Bridau.
"Why, Monsieur le Comte de Serizy, of course," replied little Moreau.
"Could it have been the count in the coucou?" said Leon de Lora.
"Oh!" exclaimed Oscar, "the Comte de Serizy always travels in his own
carriage with four horses."
"How did the Comte de Serizy get here?" said the painter to Madame
Moreau, when she returned, much discomfited, to the salon.
"I am sure I do not know," she said. "I cannot explain to myself this
sudden arrival; nor do I know what has brought him-- And Moreau not
here!"
"His Excellency wishes Monsieur Schinner to come over to the chateau,"
said the gardener, coming to the door of the salon. "And he begs
Monsieur Schinner to give him the pleasure to dine with him; also
Monsieur Mistigris."
"Done for!" cried the rapin, laughing. "He whom we took for a
bourgeois in the coucou was the count. You may well say: 'Sour are the
curses of perversity.'"
Oscar was very nearly changed to a pillar of salt; for, at this
revelation, his throat felt saltier than the sea.
"And you, who talked to him about his wife's lovers and his skin
diseases!" said Mistigris, turning on Oscar.
"What does he mean?" exclaimed the steward's wife, gazing after the
two artists, who went away laughing at the expression of Oscar's face.
Oscar remained dumb, confounded, stupefied, hearing nothing, though
Madame Moreau questioned him and shook him violently by his arm, which
she caught and squeezed. She gained nothing, however, and was forced
to leave him in the salon without an answer, for Rosalie appeared
again, to ask for linen and silver, and to beg she would go herself
and see that the multiplied orders of the count were executed. All the
- arrival [ə´raivəl]
n.到达；到达的人(物) (初中英语单词) - principal [´prinsəpəl] a.主要的 n.负责人 (初中英语单词)
- painter [´peintə] n.画家；(油)漆工 (初中英语单词)
- companion [kəm´pæniən] n.同伴；同事；伴侣 (初中英语单词)
- apartment [ə´pɑ:tmənt] n.一套房间 (初中英语单词)
- revenge [ri´vendʒ] vt.报复 n.报仇；报复 (初中英语单词)
- circle [´sə:kəl] n.圆圈 v.环绕；盘旋 (初中英语单词)
- velvet [´velvit] n.&a.天鹅绒(般的) (初中英语单词)
- ribbon [´ribən] n.缎带；带子；色带 (初中英语单词)
- throat [θrəut] n.咽喉；嗓子；出入口 (初中英语单词)
- standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)
- mistress [´mistris] n.女主人；情妇；女能手 (初中英语单词)
- charming [´tʃɑ:miŋ] a.可爱的；极好的 (初中英语单词)
- useless [´ju:sləs] a.无用的，无价值的 (初中英语单词)
- occupation [,ɔkju´peiʃən] a.职业的；军事占领的 (初中英语单词)
- therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)
- collar [´kɔlə] n.衣领；(狗等的)项圈 (初中英语单词)
- vacation [və´keiʃən, vei´keiʃən] n.假期；休庭期；腾空 (初中英语单词)
- estate [i´steit] n.财产；庄园；等级 (初中英语单词)
- ignorant [´ignərənt] a.无知的，愚昧的 (初中英语单词)
- surprising [sə´praiziŋ] a.惊人的；意外的 (初中英语单词)
- wholly [´həul-li] ad.完全，十足；统统 (初中英语单词)
- monsieur [mə´sjə:] n.先生 (初中英语单词)
- meantime [´mi:ntaim] n.&ad.其间；同时 (初中英语单词)
- presently [´prezəntli] ad.不久；目前 (初中英语单词)
- phrase [freiz] n.短语；词组；措词 (初中英语单词)
- scheme [ski:m] n.计划；阴谋，诡计 (初中英语单词)
- seriously [´siəriəsli] ad.严肃；严重，重大 (初中英语单词)
- amusement [ə´mju:zmənt] n.娱乐；文娱设施 (初中英语单词)
- cultivate [´kʌltiveit] vt.耕作；培植；培养 (初中英语单词)
- purely [´pjuəli] ad.仅仅；简单地 (初中英语单词)
- commercial [kə´mə:ʃəl] a.商业的 n.广告节目 (初中英语单词)
- delicate [´delikət] a.精美的；微妙的 (初中英语单词)
- knowing [´nəuiŋ] a.会意的，心照不宣的 (初中英语单词)
- ignorance [´ignərəns] n.无知，愚昧 (初中英语单词)
- origin [´ɔridʒin] n.起源；由来；出身 (初中英语单词)
- talent [´tælənt] n.天才；才干；天资 (初中英语单词)
- painting [´peintiŋ] n.绘画；(油)画；着色 (初中英语单词)
- genius [´dʒi:niəs] n.天才(人物)；天赋 (初中英语单词)
- sovereign [´sɔvrin] a.至高无上的 n.君主 (初中英语单词)
- worship [´wə:ʃip] n.&v.崇拜；敬仰 (初中英语单词)
- fascinating [´fæsineitiŋ] a.迷人，使神魂颠倒的 (初中英语单词)
- gesture [´dʒestʃə] n.手势 v.打手势 (初中英语单词)
- conference [´kɔnfərəns] n.讨论(会)；会谈 (初中英语单词)
- architect [´ɑ:kitekt] n.建筑师 (高中英语单词)
- steward [´stju:əd] n.管家；服务员 (高中英语单词)
- surrounding [sə´raundiŋ] n.周围的事物 (高中英语单词)
- bronze [brɔnz] n.青铜(器) (高中英语单词)
- bonnet [´bɔnit] n.无边女帽；童帽 (高中英语单词)
- apparently [ə´pærəntli] ad.显然，表面上地 (高中英语单词)
- regulation [,regju´leiʃən] n.规则；章程；法规 (高中英语单词)
- toilet [´tɔilit] n.梳妆(台)；卫生间 (高中英语单词)
- gardener [´gɑ:dnə] n.园艺家；园林工人 (高中英语单词)
- clumsy [´klʌmzi] a.笨拙的；粗俗的 (高中英语单词)
- profound [prə´faund] a.深奥的；渊博的 (高中英语单词)
- rebuke [ri´bju:k] vt.&n.指责；训斥 (高中英语单词)
- impatient [im´peiʃənt] a.不耐烦的，急躁的 (高中英语单词)
- seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)
- stiffly [´stifli] ad.硬；顽固地 (高中英语单词)
- presume [pri´zju:m] v.假定；推测；以为 (高中英语单词)
- pillar [´pilə] n.支柱 vt.用柱支持 (高中英语单词)
- hearing [´hiəriŋ] n.听力；听证会；审讯 (高中英语单词)
- violently [´vaiələntli] ad.强暴地；猛烈地 (高中英语单词)
- chateau [´ʃætəu] n.城堡；公馆，邸宅 (英语四级单词)
- tiptoe [´tiptəu] n.脚尖 vi.踮着脚走 (英语四级单词)
- buckle [´bʌkəl] n.带扣 v.(用…)扣住 (英语四级单词)
- superb [su:´pə:b, sju:-] a.宏伟的；极好的 (英语四级单词)
- incapable [in´keipəbəl] a.无能力的；不能的 (英语四级单词)
- attachment [ə´tætʃmənt] n.附着；附件；爱慕 (英语四级单词)
- graciously [´greiʃəsli] ad.仁慈地，和蔼庄重地 (英语四级单词)
- nibble [´nibəl] v.啃 n.轻咬，啃 (英语四级单词)
- twitch [twitʃ] v.&n.(使)抽动；急拉 (英语四级单词)
- elegance [´eligəns] n.优雅；优美；精美 (英语六级单词)
- consternation [,kɔnstə´neiʃən] n.惊愕；惊恐；惊慌失措 (英语六级单词)
- excellency [´eksələnsi] n.阁下 (英语六级单词)
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