Page:Clermont - Roche (1798, volume 3).djvu/141

 one of the finest castles in Dauphine, and from thence she is to be carried to Paris, where, no doubt, she will get a grand match as the lady, her friend, intends to give her a very large fortune; and as soon as she is settled in a house of her own. I am to be sent for, either to be her own woman, or housekeeper, 'twill be at my own option which."

"And pray, Jaqueline, how came you to say such things, when you foresaw, as you yourself acknowledge that I should be disappointed by the Countess?"

Jaqueline looked confused—

"Why, Mademoiselle, (said she, after the hesitation of a minute) I was sometimes inclined to think that she might be as good as her word."

"Well, Jaqueline, let this be a caution to you never again to mention expectations which you are not pretty sure of having fulfilled."

"Aye, Mademoiselle, we all grow wiser every day."