was better for the present to leave her to herself.

On Valmont's return, D'Elsac prepared to leave Salency, for he had been
absent much longer than he had intended; but, before he went, he took an
opportunity of telling Margoton and her husband the real motive of his
journey, though he added he could not suppose they could now consent to
part with another child.

Margoton and Valmont had for some time felt how painful it was to meet
their neighbours, those very neighbours who had assisted in the triumph
of Lisette; and, as Caliste's conduct was not free from suspicion, they
replied to D'Elsac in a way he little expected, by proposing that they
should sell their little property in Salency, and all go to live near
Grenoble, where he might take first one and then the other of their
children, without choosing one in preference to her sisters. This plan
particularly suited his wishes; and as to Victorine, her happiness was
almost unbounded at returning so near her dear Switzerland, particularly
as her mother confessed to her before their departure, that it was in the
earnest desire of seeking after that heavenly peace which had been the
means of preserving Victorine through the trials that had nearly
destroyed her sister's earthly and eternal happiness.

It was on the 8th of August, just two months after the fete of the Rose,
that Margoton Durocher, her husband, and her three daughters, first
attended the Protestant chapel at Geneva. D'Elsac too was there, and the
merry hearted Mimi.

Thus was the peace of mind of Victorine blessed to many, and had she too
striven for the earthly roses, she would have added another pang to the
heart of her parents, and deprived herself, for a momentarily or hourly
gratification, of much lasting happiness.

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