48 THE STORY OF PAULINE.

“There, wife,’ he said—‘ there is our
fortune ; make what you can of it, for it.
is not likely that a second will come our
way.” Then, as if answering the speech-
less terror of his wife, he added, “I mean,
Lotta, that M. Fernaux has paid us all -
off, and there is no more work in Paris’
for any honest man left.” Fat

' Waiting no answer, he left the house,
and did not return that night.

Soon after Marie had left the castle,
the marquis called for Pauline, and said,
“My child, tell Jeanette to pack such
things as you may need, for I intend
that we should go to-morrow to my
hotel in Paris.”

“Why, papa, why ?” asked Pauline.

“ Because,” said the marquis, ‘‘I wish
it. This is a lonely place, and I must
have you under my own care in such
times as these.”

Pauline thought of what Marie had

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