After this Madame Faragon made no farther suggestions that her young
friend should go to Basle.



CHAPTER XV.

During the remainder of the day on which George had left Granpere,
the hours did not fly very pleasantly at the Lion d'Or. Michel Voss
had gone to his niece immediately upon his return from his walk,
intending to obtain a renewed pledge from her that she would be true
to her engagement. But he had been so full of passion, so beside
himself with excitement, so disturbed by all that he had heard, that
he had hardly waited with Marie long enough to obtain such pledge,
or to learn from her that she refused to give it. He had only been
able to tell her that if she hesitated about marrying Adrian she
should never look upon his face again; and then without staying for
a reply he had left her. He had been in such a tremor of passion
that he had been unable to demand an answer. After that, when
George was gone, he kept away from her during the remainder of the
morning. Once or twice he said a few words to his wife, and she
counselled him to take no farther outward notice of anything that
George had said to him. 'It will all come right if you will only be
a little calm with her,' Madame Voss had said. He had tossed his
head and declared that he was calm;--the calmest man in all
Lorraine. Then he had come to his wife again, and she had again
given him some good practical advice. 'Don't put it into her head
that there is to be a doubt,' said Madame Voss.

'I haven't put it into her head,' he answered angrily.