The Secret of Madame de Hendee. By the Author of
" Mademoi- selle Mori" (Methuen and Co.)—This is a very pretty love-story, with the thread of something darker running through the plot. Soulange, granddaughter of Madame de Monluc, is beloved by Maximo Laugier, and loves him in return. Maxime lodges with a certain Veuve Locroy ; and between her and the old aristocratic lady there is a feud that has come down from the days of the Revolution. It would be doing a wrong to the author's ingeniously constructed story if we were to indicate what it is. It must suffice to say that the tale is well told, and the characters sketched with delicacy and precision. The old Chevalier, the keen-witted Abbe, with his surface-cynicism and kindly heart, and the crafty old steward, so devoted to his haughty mistress, whom yet he deceives for the good of the house to which he is steadfastly loyal, are admirably drawn.
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