leave it at once
"You turn away your head. Rose, she turns away. Speak for me.
Scold her; for I don’t know how to scold her. No answer fromeither; oh, what has turned your hearts against me so?""Camille," cried Rose–the tears streaming down her cheeks–"my poorCamille! leave Beaurepaire. Oh, leave it at once."Returned towards her with a look of inquiry.
At that Josephine, like some feeble but nimble wild creature on whoma grasp has relaxed, writhed away from him and got free: "Farewell!
Farewell!" she cried, in despair’s own voice, and made swiftly forthe house.
Camille stood aghast, and did not follow her.
Now ere she had gone many steps who should meet her right in frontbut Jacintha.
"Madame Raynal, the baroness’s carriage is just in sight. I thoughtyou’d like to know." Then she bawled proudly to Rose, "I was thefirst to call her madame;" and off went Jacintha convinced she haddone something very clever.
This blow turned those three to stone.
Josephine had no longer the power or the wish to fly. "Better so,"she thought, and she stood cowering.
The great passions that had spoken so loud were struck dumb, and adeep silence fell upon the place. Madame Raynal’s quivering eyeturned slowly and askant towards Camille, but stopped in terror ereit could see him. For she knew by this fearful stillness that thetruth was creeping on Camille. And so did Rose.
At last Camille spoke one word in a low whisper.
"Madame?"Dead silence.
"White? both in white?"Rose came between him and Josephine, and sobbed out, "Camille, itwas our doing. We drove her to it. O sir, look how afraid of youshe is. Do not reproach her, if you are a man."He waved her out of his way as if she had been some idle feather,and almost staggered up to Josephine.
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