CHAPTER VII

My hopes--Disappointment--M. Deviolaine is appointed forest-ranger to the Duc d'Orléans--His coldness towards me--Half promises--First cloud on my love-affairs--I go to spend three months with my brother-in-law at Dreux--The news waiting for me on my return--Muphti--Walls and hedges--The summer-house--Tennis--Why I gave up playing it--The wedding party in the wood