..." and the word was
lost in her little ear.
She went suddenly pink, and raising herself towards him, whispered her
reply, "Oh! I thank you! How I love you both! Thank you! Thank you!"
CHAPTER II
Esperance, left alone with her mother, drank the tea this tender
parent brought to her, and the look of health began to come back to
her face.
"Then to-morrow, mother dearest, we must go and be registered for the
examinations that are soon to be held at the Conservatoire."
"You want to go to-morrow?"
"Yes, to-day we must stay with papa, mustn't we? He is so kind!"
The two--mother and daughter--were silent a moment, occupied with the
same tender thoughts.
"And now we will persuade him to go out with us, shan't we, mother
dear?"
"That will be the very best thing for both of you," agreed Madame
Darbois, and she went to make her preparations.
Left alone, Esperance cast aside her blue dress and surveyed herself
in the long mirror. Her eyes were asking the questions that perplexed
her whole being. She raised herself lightly on her little feet. "Oh!
yes, surely I am going to be tall. I am only fifteen, and I am quite
tall for my age. Oh! yes, I shall be tall." She came very close to the
mirror and examined herself closely, hypnotizing herself little by
little. She beheld herself under a million different aspects. Her whole
life seemed passing before her, shadowy figures came and went--one of
them, the most persistent, seemed to keep stretching towards her long
appealing arms.
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