'I admire the
lady,' said she, 'but I must condemn her choice of a partner.' 'Oh,
the Chevalier Valancourt is one of the most accomplished young men we
have,' replied the lady, to whom this remark was addressed: 'it is
whispered, that Mademoiselle D'Emery, and her large fortune, are to
be his.'
'Impossible!' exclaimed Madame Cheron, reddening with vexation, 'it
is impossible that she can be so destitute of taste; he has so little
the air of a person of condition, that, if I did not see him at the
table of Madame Clairval, I should never have suspected him to be
one. I have besides particular reasons for believing the report to
be erroneous.'
'I cannot doubt the truth of it,' replied the lady gravely, disgusted
by the abrupt contradiction she had received, concerning her opinion
of Valancourt's merit. 'You will, perhaps, doubt it,' said Madame
Cheron, 'when I assure you, that it was only this morning that I
rejected his suit.' This was said without any intention of imposing
the meaning it conveyed, but simply from a habit of considering
herself to be the most important person in every affair that
concerned her niece, and because literally she had rejected
Valancourt.
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