When they left the academy, the feud continued in all its vigor, and
was fostered by a thousand little circumstances, arising out of the
state of the times, till a separation ensued, in consequence of an aunt
of Antoine de Chaulieu's undertaking the expense of sending him to
Paris to study the law, and of maintaining him there during the
necessary period.
With the progress of events came some degree of reaction in favor of
birth and nobility; and then Antoine, who had passed for the bar, began
to hold up his head, and endeavor to push his fortunes; but fate seemed
against him. He felt certain that if he possessed any gift in the world,
it was that of eloquence, but he could get no cause to plead; and his
aunt dying inopportunely, first his resources failed, and then his
health. He had no sooner returned to his home than, to complicate his
difficulties completely, he fell in love with Miss Natalie de
Bellefonds, who had just returned from Paris, where she had been
completing her education.
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