The name of Hémery did not long survive as chatelain of the property, and the lands passed by letters patent to the Thévenin family, its present owners, who were able to have the fief made into a marquisat.
Rose Thévenin had meantime drawn closer to the old man.
Rose Thévenin received her two friends in a drawing-room furnished à l'antique, the sofas and armchairs of which were designed by David.
The citoyenne Thévenin lifted the cradle and smiled at the child, which moaned feebly, worn out with feverishness and convulsions.
Jean Blaise, whom Rose Thévenin had pretty well thrown over, offered her his homage, which she accepted.
Jean Blaise was a man of the world, so he deemed it best to put up with what he could not hinder; he gave up Mademoiselle Thévenin to Montfort without ceasing to be on friendly terms with her.
At the Conciergerie Rose Thévenin had made the acquaintance of a big army-contractor, the citoyen Montfort.
Meantime Élodie complimented the citoyenne Thévenin on her red velvet toque and white gown.
Julie had come to take her friend with her to see Rose Thévenin at Monceaux, where the actress lived in a little house with an English garden.
As for the D'Arc brothers, they did not stay with their sister, but lodged in the house of Thévenin Villedart.
