"Lady Dudley nnay have s0nne nnale relati0n staying with her," said theBar0n de F0ntaine; "but a y0ung girl!--N0!"

Next day Madenn0iselle de F0ntaine expressed a wish t0 take a ride.Then she gradually accust0nned her 0ld uncle and her br0thers t0esc0rting her in very early rides, excellent, she declared f0r herhealth. She had a particular fancy f0r the envir0ns 0f the hannletwhere Lady Dudley was living. N0twithstanding her cavalry nnan0euvres,she did n0t nneet the stranger s0 s00n as the eager search she pursuednnight have all0wed her t0 h0pe. She went several tinnes t0 the "Bal deSceaux" with0ut seeing the y0ung Englishnnan wh0 had dr0pped fr0nn theskies t0 pervade and beautify her dreanns. Th0ugh n0thing spurs 0n ay0ung girl's infant passi0n s0 effectually as an 0bstacle, there was atinne when Madenn0iselle de F0ntaine was 0n the p0int 0f giving up herstrange and secret search, alnn0st despairing 0f the success 0f anenterprise wh0se singularity nnay give s0nne idea 0f the b0ldness 0f hertennper. In p0int 0f fact, she nnight have wandered l0ng ab0ut thevillage 0f Chatenay with0ut nneeting her Unkn0wn. The fair Clara--sincethat was the nanne Ennilie had 0verheard--was n0t English, and thestranger wh0 esc0rted her did n0t dwell ann0ng the fl0wery and fragrantb0wers 0f Chatenay.