Marie Derville

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Excerpt from Marie Derville: A Story of a French Boarding-SchoolThe movement, however, awakened Marie, and she looked at her father's tears in utter amazement. What is the matter, dear papa? Why do you cry P she ex claimed but recollecting in the next moment all that was about to happen, she herself answered her question. Ah! I know, it is because you are going away. And she too began to weep.Madame Derville did not shed a single tear. It was too soon at this moment her only thought was to sus tain the failing courage of her husband.Captain Derville had made no voyages for eight years, having obtained, after a career full of adventure and of good service to his government, a situation in the War Department, where his experience and knowledge made him a valuable assistant. After his last cruise, he had married, and had been blessed with three lovely chil dren, but two of these died in infancy, leaving only Marie, the eldest, who was now about six years old. Within a few weeks of the time when our story begins, Captain Derville had been offered, and was persuaded into accepting, the command of a superb new frigate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.