"We will know no difference of fortune (exclaimed St. Julian); all that I could do for my brother, all that I could bestow upon him, could never be a sufficient recompense for the sufferings I occasioned him."
"Most amply can you recompense them," said Philippe.
"In what manner?" cried St. Julian with eagerness.
"Need I explain my meaning? (said Philippe, and he glanced alternately at Madeline and de Sevignie, whose attachment he had been previously informed of); need I say that it is by giving your daughter to my son, you can make me amends for all my sorrows."
"That I shall readily make such amends, you will believe (cried St. Julian), when I tell you, that by so doing, I shall ensure my own happiness; in seeing the precious offspring of Elenora and Geraldine united, the most ardent wishes of my heart will be accomplished: in giving her to de Sevignie, I give her to a man, in whose favour I felt a
