Never was there as much treachery and crime as
now. Calumny stands before every door, and will whisper such evil
and fearful things in the ears of every returned soldier, that he
will become wild with rage, and distrust his wife, no matter how
innocent she may be."
"I shall not be guilty of this fault," said Major du Trouffle. "If I
find slander lying in wait at my door, I will kick it from me and
enter my home calmly and smilingly, without having listened to her
whispers, or, if I have heard them involuntarily, without believing
them,"
"Then there will be at least one house in Berlin where peace will
reign," said Louise, sweetly, "and that house will be ours. I
welcome you in the name of our lares, who have been long joyfully
awaiting you. I have also an agreeable surprise for you."
"What surprise, Louise?"
"You often told me that my daughter Camilla disturbed your
happiness, that she stood like a dark cloud over my past, which had
not belonged to you."
"It is true! I could not force my heart to love her; her presence
reminded me always that you had been loved by another, had belonged
to another, and had been made thoroughly wretched.
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