ted to chase away every melancholy impression which her new situation had occasioned. Having pressed them to her bosom, with maternal tenderness, she desired breakfast to be instantly prepared, and dressed herself in haste.
The day, which was chiefly devoted to domestic arrangements, passed with unusual rapidity. The attention of Madame de Rubine was now chiefly divided between her children, and the cares of her household, which two material concerns so entirely occupied her thoughts, that she did not revert so frequently as before to the primary cause of her inquietudes.
The family, which was stationary before their arrival, consisted of Margaritte, an old female servant, the same who had directed her to her apartment on the preceding night; Lisette, who was her grandaughter, and Ambrose, a man who had been long resident in the family of theMarchese
