My Memoirs

My Memoirs

BEAUCOURT is a village in the "Belfort Territory," not far from the Swiss and German frontiers. It was in that village, at the "Chteau Edouard"all large mansions in that region are called "chteaux," and the name of the owner is added to the wordthat I was born some forty years ago. After a family quarrel, my father, Edouard Japy, had severed his connection with "Japy Bros." some time before my birth. Having resigned his directorship of the Company, he busied himself exclusively with his huge estate, devoting his days to the farm and woods, to his beloved park and the picturesque cascades which he had designed himself, to his flowers and orchards, to his family and to music. My mother was the daughter of the innkeeper of the Red Lion, the chief inn of Montbliard in those already distant days. Edouard Japy had married Mlle. Emilie Rau in spite of the opposition of his family, who had declared that such a marriage would be a msalliance. He had married heras he often told me when, as a young girl, I became more than his child: his friend and confidantebecause "she was very beautiful and very good." My mother had dark eyes, large and very tender, and her raven-black hair, when loosed, streamed down to her feet. She was of a quiet and sunny nature, kind, serene, and smiling. She ignored evil, was exquisitely artless, and never understood a great deal of the realities of life, because she did not see them. She gave away and spent without counting, was indulgent in a manner as touching as it was unconscious, and went through life a simple and happy being, knowing neither great exultation nor deep depression, incapable of sustained effort or serious worry. Edouard adored Emilie, Emilie adored Edouard, and all was for the best in the best of all possible worlds. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 37390
Author: Steinheil, Marguerite
Release Date: Sep 11, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English