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The sprightly romance of Marsac

Chapter 3: List of Illustrations
By Molly Elliot Seawell
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Two struggling young artists and journalists share a shabby garret and navigate creditors, comical misunderstandings, and romantic entanglements. A quarrelsome washerwoman, a persistent creditor, and a circle of friends and would-be benefactors become involved in schemes that include disguises, theatrical subterfuge, and forged papers devised to settle debts and arrange advantageous matches. Through mistaken identities, bold improvisations, and generous impulses, social pretenses are exposed and relationships are reshaped, leading to a lighthearted sequence of reversals and reconciliations that resolve both financial and romantic complications.

List of Illustrations

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“Why were you so extravagant about bread?” asked Marsac, very cheerfully, working away at the old screen Frontispiece
Madame Schmid was plainly in a rage 2
Madame Schmid grew still redder in the face and shorter of breath 5
It was easy enough to see who was the master mind 9
Madame Fleury entered 17
“Have you ever thought of marriage as a way out of your troubles?” 25
Marsac, advancing to Fontaine, whispered in his ear 37
Marsac, taking his hand, led him to Madame Fleury 39
With a few bold strokes the bull-fighter assumed the appearance of a hale old gentleman of sixty 48
He fell over on his chair with amazement and chagrin 50
The two young men tore open the box 53
They hugged each other and began to dance wildly 56
“Don’t speak of your fiancée in that disrespectful manner,” cried Marsac 65
He opened it without a word and took out four bottles of champagne 67
I saw these two poor creatures standing in front of a pastry-shop 68
Marsac received them with as much kindness and respect as if they had been banker’s daughters 75
Madame Schmid made a dash for Fontaine, whom she collared and dragged out 77
“And now about the villa,” said the old brewer 83
Monsieur Duval knelt down 89
Monsieur Duval, closing one eye, playfully poked him in the ribs 93
The door opened, admitting Fontaine and two remarkably pretty girls 97
The young people talked gaily together while sipping champagne 100
“A hundred and thirty thousand francs!” cried Maurepas 108
Marsac turned a double handspring over the sofa 110
Marsac, seizing her around the waist, began to waltz furiously 113
They crept softly out of their apartment 115
As it brought Delphine’s golden head quite close to Marsac’s brown one, she consented willingly 121
“Oh, Madame Fleury!” cried Marsac, actually hanging his head 129
Madame Fleury pressed a handkerchief to her eyes 132
Marsac could scarcely restrain a shout of joy 137
Madame Fleury began eagerly searching on the ground for the letter 139
“Here,” Marsac said, tearing the paper, “is half of it for you, Fontaine, and dear Claire” 143
Monsieur Duval’s victoria, with Madame Fleury in it 145
Fontaine, sunk in a deep armchair, was a picture of misery 149
He was a little old man clutching a rusty travelling-bag in his trembling hands 151
“Let me assist you,” said Fontaine, trying to take the old bag 159
Marsac and Delphine were now left alone 161
Madame Fleury stood petrified for a moment 175
“The only thing for you to do now is to trust me,” said Fontaine 177
In walked one of the most weazened, cadaverous little men who ever stepped 180
Madame Fleury rushed out, dragging the unhappy Fleury after her 188
Marsac with his arm around Delphine’s waist 194