Leaning back in an easy-chair, with his legs stretched out before the huge, blazing fire, Malignon sat waiting. He had considered it a good idea to draw the window-curtains and light the wax candles. The outer room, in which he had seated himself, was brilliantly illuminated1 by a small chandelier and a pair of candelabra; whilst the other apartment was plunged2 in shadow, the swinging crystal lamp alone casting on the floor a twilight3 gleam. Malignon drew out his watch.
"The deuce!" he muttered. "Is she going to keep me waiting again?"
He gave vent4 to a slight yawn. He had been waiting for an hour already, and it was small amusement to him. However, he rose and cast a glance over his preparations.
The arrangement of the chairs did not please him, and he rolled a couch in front of the fireplace. The cretonne hangings had a ruddy glow, as they reflected the light of the candles; the room was warm, silent, and cozy5, while outside the wind came and went in sudden gusts6. All at once the young man heard three hurried knocks at the door. It was the signal.
"At last!" he exclaimed aloud, his face beaming jubilantly.
He ran to open the door, and Juliette entered, her face veiled, her figure wrapped in a fur mantle7. While Malignon was gently closing the door, she stood still for a moment, with the emotion that checked the words on her lips undetected.
However, before the young man had had time to take her hand, she raised her veil, and displayed a smiling face, rather pale, but quite unruffled.
"What! you have lighted up the place!" she exclaimed. "Why? I thought you hated candles in broad daylight!"
Malignon, who had been making ready to clasp her with a passionate8 gesture that he had been rehearsing, was put somewhat out of countenance9 by this remark, and hastened to explain that the day was too wretched, and that the windows looked on to waste patches of ground. Besides, night was his special delight.
"Well, one never knows how to take you," she retorted jestingly. "Last spring, at my children's ball, you made such a fuss, declaring that the place was like some cavern10, some dead-house. However, let us say that your taste has changed."
She seemed to be paying a mere11 visit, and affected12 a courage which slightly deepened her voice. This was the only indication of her uneasiness. At times her chin twitched13 somewhat, as though she felt some uneasiness in her throat. But her eyes were sparkling, and she tasted to the full the keen pleasure born of her imprudence. She thought of Madame de Chermette, of whom such scandalous stories were related. Good heavens! it seemed strange all the same.
"Let us have a look round," she began.
And thereupon she began inspecting the apartment. He followed in her footsteps, while she gazed at the furniture, examined the walls, looked upwards14, and started back, chattering15 all the time.
"I don't like your cretonne; it is so frightfully common!" said she. "Where did you buy that abominable16 pink stuff? There's a chair that would be nice if the wood weren't covered with gilding17. Not a picture, not a nick-nack--only your chandelier and your candelabra, which are by no means in good style! Ah well, my dear fellow; I advise you to continue laughing at my Japanese pavilion!"
She burst into a laugh, thus revenging herself on him for the old affronts18 which still rankled19 in her breast.
"Your taste is a pretty one, and no mistake! You don't know that my idol20 is worth more than the whole lot of your things! A draper's shopman wouldn't have selected that pink stuff. Was it your idea to fascinate your washerwoman?"
Malignon felt very much hurt, and did not answer. He made an attempt to lead her into the inner room; but she remained on the threshold, declaring that she never entered such gloomy places. Besides, she could see quite enough; the one room was worthy21 of the other. The whole of it had come from the Saint-Antoine quarter.
But the hanging lamp was her special aversion. She attacked it with merciless raillery--what a trashy thing it was, such as some little work-girl with no furniture of her own might have dreamt of! Why, lamps in the same style could be bought at all the bazaars22 at seven francs fifty centimes apiece.
"I paid ninety francs for it," at last ejaculated Malignon in his impatience23.
Thereupon she seemed delighted at having angered him.
On his self-possession returning, he inquired: "Won't you take off your cloak?"
"Oh, yes, I will," she answered; "it is dreadfully warm here."
She took off her bonnet24 as well, and this with her fur cloak he hastened to deposit in the next room. When he returned, he found her seated in front of the fire, still gazing round her. She had regained25 her gravity, and was disposed to display a more conciliatory demeanor26.
"It's all very ugly," she said; "still, you are not amiss here. The two rooms might have been made very pretty."
"Oh! they're good enough for my purpose!" he thoughtlessly replied, with a careless shrug27 of the shoulders.
The next moment, however, he bitterly regretted these silly words. He could not possibly have been more impertinent or clumsy. Juliette hung her head, and a sharp pang28 darted29 through her bosom30. Then he sought to turn to advantage the embarrassment31 into which he had plunged her.
"Juliette!" he said pleadingly, as he leaned towards her.
But with a gesture she forced him to resume his seat. It was at the seaside, at Trouville, that Malignon, bored to death by the constant sight of the sea, had hit upon the happy idea of falling in love. One evening he had taken hold of Juliette's hand. She had not seemed offended; in fact, she had at first bantered32 him over it. Soon, though her head was empty and her heart free, she imagined that she loved him. She had, so far, done nearly everything that her friends did around her; a lover only was lacking, and curiosity and a craving33 to be like the others had impelled34 her to secure one. However, Malignon was vain enough to imagine that he might win her by force of wit, and allowed her time to accustom35 herself to playing the part of a coquette. So, on the first outburst, which took place one night when they stood side by side gazing at the sea like a pair of lovers in a comic opera, she had repelled36 him, in her astonishment37 and vexation that he should spoil the romance which served as an amusement to her.
On his return to Paris Malignon had vowed38 that he would be more skilful40 in his attack. He had just reacquired influence over her, during a fit of boredom41 which had come on with the close of a wearying winter, when the usual dissipations, dinners, balls, and first-night performances were beginning to pall42 on her with their dreary43 monotony. And at last, her curiosity aroused, allured44 by the seeming mystery and piquancy45 of an intrigue46, she had responded to his entreaties47 by consenting to meet him. However, so wholly unruffled were her feelings, that she was as little disturbed, seated here by the side of Malignon, as when she paid visits to artists' studios to solicit48 pictures for her charity bazaars.
"Come, be sensible," she merely replied; and taking a Chinese fan from the chimney-piece, she resumed--as much at her ease as though she had been sitting in her own drawing-room: "You know we had a rehearsal50 this morning. I'm afraid I have not made a very happy choice in Madame Berthier. Her 'Mathilda' is a snivelling, insufferable affair. You remember that delightful51 soliloquy when she addresses the purse--'Poor little thing, I kissed you a moment ago'? Well! she declaims it like a school-girl who has learnt a complimentary52 greeting. It's so vexatious!"
"And what about Madame de Guiraud?" he asked, as he drew his chair closer and took her hand.
"Oh! she is perfection. I've discovered in her a 'Madame de Lery,' with some sarcasm53 and animation54."
While speaking she surrendered her hand to the young man, and he kissed it between her sentences without her seeming to notice it.
"But the worst of it all, you know," she resumed, "is your absence. In the first place, you might say something to Madame Berthier; and besides, we shall not be able to get a good _ensemble_ if you never come."
He had now succeeded in passing his arm round her waist.
"But as I know my part," he murmured.
"Yes, that's all very well; but there's the arrangement of the scenes to look after. It is anything but obliging on your part to refuse to give us three or four mornings."
She was unable to continue, for he was raining a shower of kisses on her neck. At this she could feign55 ignorance no longer, but pushed him away, tapping him the while with the Chinese fan which she still retained in her hand. Doubtless, she had registered a vow39 that she would not allow any further familiarity. Her face was now flushed by the heat reflected from the fire, and her lips pouted56 with the very expression of an inquisitive57 person whom her feelings astonish. Moreover, she was really getting frightened.
But he imagined that he had moved her, and once more took hold of her hands. To her, however, a voice seemed to be crying out, "No!" It was she herself protesting before she had even answered her own heart.
"No, no!" she said again. "Let me go; you are hurting me!" And thereupon, as he refused to release her, she twisted herself violently from his grasp. She was acting60 in obedience61 to some strange emotion; she felt angry with herself and with him. In her agitation62 some disjointed phrases escaped her lips. Yes, indeed, he rewarded her badly for her trust. What a brute63 he was! She even called him a coward. Never in her life would she see him again. But he allowed her to talk on, and ran after her with a wicked and brutal64 laugh. And at last she could do no more than gasp65 in the momentary66 refuge which she had sought behind a chair. They were there, gazing at one another, her face transformed by shame and his by passion, when a noise broke through the stillness. At first they did not grasp its significance. A door had opened, some steps crossed the room, and a voice called to them:
"Fly! fly! You will be caught!"
It was Helene. Astounded67, they both gazed at her. So great was their stupefaction that they lost consciousness of their embarrassing situation. Juliette indeed displayed no sign of confusion.
"Fly! fly!" said Helene again. "Your husband will be here in two minutes."
"My husband!" stammered the young woman; "my husband!--why--for what reason?"
She was losing her wits. Her brain was in a turmoil68. It seemed to her prodigious69 that Helene should be standing70 there speaking to her of her husband.
But Helene made an angry gesture.
"Oh! if you think I've time to explain," said she,--"he is on the way here. I give you warning. Disappear at once, both of you."
Then Juliette's agitation became extraordinary. She ran about the rooms like a maniac71, screaming out disconnected sentences.
"My God! my God!--I thank you.--Where is my cloak?--How horrid72 it is, this room being so dark!--Give me my cloak.--Bring me a candle, to help me to find my cloak.--My dear, you mustn't mind if I don't stop to thank you.--I can't get my arms into the sleeves--no, I can't get them in--no, I can't!"
She was paralyzed with fear, and Helene was obliged to assist her with her cloak. She put her bonnet on awry73, and did not even tie the ribbons. The worst of it, however, was that they lost quite a minute in hunting for her veil, which had fallen on the floor. Her words came with a gasp; her trembling hands moved about in bewilderment, fumbling74 over her person to ascertain75 whether she might be leaving anything behind which might compromise her.
"Oh, what a lesson! what a lesson! Thank goodness, it is well over!"
Malignon was very pale, and made a sorry appearance. His feet beat a tattoo76 on the ground, as he realized that he was both scorned and ridiculous. His lips could only give utterance77 to the wretched question:
"Then you think I ought to go away as well?"
Then, as no answer was vouchsafed78 him, he took up his cane79, and went on talking by way of affecting perfect composure. They had plenty of time, said he. It happened that there was another staircase, a small servants' staircase, now never used, but which would yet allow of their descent. Madame Deberle's cab had remained at the door; it would convey both of them away along the quays80. And again he repeated: "Now calm yourself. It will be all right. See, this way."
He threw open a door, and the three dingy81, dilapidated, little rooms, which had not been repaired and were full of dirt, appeared to view. A puff82 of damp air entered the boudoir. Juliette, ere she stepped through all that squalor, gave final expression to her disgust.
"How could I have come here?" she exclaimed in a loud voice. "What a hole! I shall never forgive myself."
"Be quick, be quick!" urged Helene, whose anxiety was as great as her own.
She pushed Juliette forward, but the young woman threw herself sobbing83 on her neck. She was in the throes of a nervous reaction. She was overwhelmed with shame, and would fain have defended herself, fain have given a reason for being found in that man's company. Then instinctively84 she gathered up her skirts, as though she were about to cross a gutter85. With the tip of his boot Malignon, who had gone on first, was clearing away the plaster which littered the back staircase. The doors were shut once more.
Meantime, Helene had remained standing in the middle of the sitting-room86. Silence reigned87 there, a warm, close silence, only disturbed by the crackling of the burnt logs. There was a singing in her ears, and she heard nothing. But after an interval88, which seemed to her interminable, the rattle89 of a cab suddenly resounded90. It was Juliette's cab rolling away.
Then Helene sighed, and she made a gesture of mute gratitude91. The thought that she would not be tortured by everlasting92 remorse93 for having acted despicably filled her with pleasant and thankful feelings. She felt relieved, deeply moved, and yet so weak, now that this awful crisis was over, that she lacked the strength to depart in her turn. In her heart she thought that Henri was coming, and that he must meet some one in this place. There was a knock at the door, and she opened it at once.
The first sensation on either side was one of bewilderment. Henri entered, his mind busy with thoughts of the letter which he had received, and his face pale and uneasy. But when he caught sight of her a cry escaped his lips.
"You! My God! It was you!"
The cry betokened94 more astonishment than pleasure. But soon there came a furious awakening95 of his love.
"You love me, you love me!" he stammered. "Ah! it was you, and I did not understand."
He stretched out his arm as he spoke96; but Helene, who had greeted his entrance with a smile, now started back with wan97 cheeks. Truly she had waited for him; she had promised herself that they would be together for a moment, and that she would invent some fiction. Now, however, full consciousness of the situation flashed upon her; Henri believed it to be an assignation. Yet she had never for one moment desired such a thing, and her heart rebelled.
"Henri, I pray you, release me," said she.
He had grasped her by the wrists, and was drawing her slowly towards him, as though to kiss her. The love that had been surging within him for months, but which had grown less violent owing to the break in their intimacy98, now burst forth99 more fiercely than ever.
"Release me," she resumed. "You are frightening me. I assure you, you are mistaken."
His surprise found voice once more.
"Was it not you then who wrote to me?" he asked.
She hesitated for a second. What could she say in answer?
"Yes," she whispered at last.
She could not betray Juliette after having saved her. An abyss lay before her into which she herself was slipping. Henri was now glancing round the two rooms in wonderment at finding them illumined and furnished in such gaudy100 style. He ventured to question her.
"Are these rooms yours?" he asked.
But she remained silent.
"Your letter upset me so," he continued. "Helene, you are hiding something from me. For mercy's sake, relieve my anxiety!"
She was not listening to him; she was reflecting that he was indeed right in considering this to be an assignation. Otherwise, what could she have been doing there? Why should she have waited for him? She could devise no plausible101 explanation. She was no longer certain whether she had not given him this rendezvous102. A network of chance and circumstance was enveloping103 her yet more tightly; there was no escape from it. Each second found her less able to resist.
"You were waiting for me, you were waiting for me!" he repeated passionately104, as he bent105 his head to kiss her. And then as his lips met hers she felt it beyond her power to struggle further; but, as though in mute acquiescence106, fell, half swooning and oblivious107 of the world, upon his neck.
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