The Twins of SaintMarcel Author:Sutherland Orr Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. OUR HOME AGAIN. JOTH my mother and aunt guessed what was the matter, for it appeared they were both aware of Erriile's intentions, and thi... more »s day in the forest had been all prearranged. Oh, how cunning these dear mothers can be ! Mamma said, ' She is tired, poor little one; she has made herself too hot.' ' Here is some orange-flower water to bathe her temples,' said my aunt kindly. ' What, she cries ? foolish little one ! because we all love her so much.' A few tears relieved me, and the hearty kiss which aunt bestowed on me when she saw Emile mounting the bank with a look of supreme happiness, finished to reassure me. So that no one enjoyed the charming walk we had over the hill, where the Empress's splendid point of view is, more than I did.How graceful and delicate were the drooping birch trees, mantling their silver stems with wreaths of soft leaves ; and how ravishing the windings of our grand Seine through gardens and wooded banks ! Ah, it was a perfect day for me, then ! especially when Cerise, to whom I whispered my little romance, whilst we stole away together behind a great ash trunk, was quite enchanted and rejoiced ; for me, and for herself too ; for I related to her all that Emile had said of Henri. We returned by a late train, and did not arrive at our home till nearly eleven o'clock. De"sir4 our brother, had met us at the Gare of Charenton ; and it was well he did so, for we were so laden with bouquets and baskets of fruit, and honey and cream- cheese, that we should have found it difficult to make our way past the Octroi, and out into the street where the omnibuses and carriages wait, without his help. We found Henri Brunel and my father seated under the acacia smoking their cigars, for it was as warm outside as in-doors ; and He...« less