The Romances of Dumas (Volume 23); Olympe de Cleves - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1904. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... XXII. WHEREIN BANNItRE PROVES TO THE ABBlS THAT HE IS NOT SO MAD AS APPEARANCES WOULD INDICATE. Poor Banniere, doubtless, also determined upon the course he would pursue; for the next morning, at about eleven o'clock, he was as calm and reasonable as he had just been agitated and wild. He had even tried to make a sort of toilette, so far as it was possible. Not that he had any hope of seeing Olympe again, -- not for a moment did he indulge in such an illusion as that; but he did rely upon seeing his good friend, if not his mistress, -- Champmesle", if not Olympe. The abbe" had returned to his own lodgings deeply moved. Having thought for a moment that his protege" was the most sane of all the madmen at Charenton, he began to fear that ho might turn out to be the most demented. He passed the night musing over the strange freak of fate which had brought Banniere to Charenton as a patient, and himself as an abbe". While he mused, he examined the matter in all its bearings. To request milder treatment for an incurable was to run the risk of destroying his own hopes of influence at the very beginning; and he was anxious to show himself at the outset a man of spirit as well as a good Christian. His aim was to utilize what power for good he possessed, and never to discredit his appointment. That was the leading principle in the Jesuit theory of conduct; and he had been required to govern himself by it from the time he was ordained. However Champmesle" considered himself bound to show the qualities of a good apostle, even if thereby the qualities of a good Jesuit were held back for a while. Therefore he firmly resolved that if one single spark of sanity still lingered in Banniere's brain, he would fan that spark until it became a conflagration. It must be said that Bann...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1235049965
- ISBN 13 9781235049965
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages134
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