Then, at another thought, Constance
turned towards Mathieu: "Are you not also marrying your eldest daughter?"
she asked.
"Yes, Rose," Mathieu gayly responded. "We shall have a grand fete at
Chantebled next May! You must all of you come there."
'Twas indeed as she had thought: numbers prevailed, life proved
victorious. Chantebled had been conquered from the Seguins, and now their
very house would soon be invaded by Ambroise, while the Beauchene works
themselves had already half fallen into the hands of Blaise.
"We will go," she answered, quivering. "And may your good luck
continue--that is what I wish you."
XVI
AMID the general delight attending the double wedding which was to prove,
so to say, a supreme celebration of the glory of Chantebled, it had
occurred to Mathieu's daughter Rose to gather the whole family together
one Sunday, ten days before the date appointed for the ceremony. She and
her betrothed, followed by the whole family, were to repair to Janville
station in the morning to meet the other affianced pair, Ambroise and
Andree, who were to be conducted in triumph to the farm where they would
all lunch together.
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