The Masterpieces of George Sand Amandine Lucille Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, _NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME COMPLETELY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH THE SIN OF MONSIEUR ANTOINE, AND LEONE LEONI BY G. BURNHAM IVES_ _VOLUME II_ _WITH TWELVE PHOTOGRAVURES AFTER PAINTINGS BY PIERRE VIDAL_ _PRINTED ONLY FOR SUBSCRIBERS BY GEORGE BARRIE & SON PHILADELPHIA_ CONTENTS CHAPTER XXIV. MONSIEUR GALUCHET XXV. THE EXPLOSION XXVI. THE SNARE XXVII. SORROWS AND JOYS OF LOVE XXVIII. CONSOLATION XXIX. AN ADVENTURE XXX. THE IMPROMPTU SUPPER XXXI. UNCERTAINTY XXXII. A WEDDING PRESENT XXXIII. THE STORY OF ONE TOLD BY THE OTHER XXXIV. RESURRECTION XXXV. ABSOLUTION XXXVI. RECONCILIATION LEONE LEONI INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE SIN OF MONSIEUR ANTOINE LEONE LEONI _VOLUME II_ EMILE CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR GILBERTE. GILBERTE AND JAPPELOUP ACCOMPANY THE MARQUIS. THE RECONCILIATION. DON ALEO AND JULIETTE. LEONI TAKES JULIETTE TO HIS PALACE. THE MEETING ON THE CANAL. [Illustration: _EMILE CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR GILBERTE._ "_My dear Janille," he cried at last, with impetuous emotion, "and you, noble and generous Antoine, listen to me and learn my secret at last. I love your daughter._"] THE SIN OF MONSIEUR ANTOINE (_Continued_) XXIV MONSIEUR GALUCHET But, after sleeping twelve hours, Galuchet had only a very confused remembrance of the events of the preceding day, and, when Monsieur Cardonnet sent for him, he retained only a vague feeling of resentment against the carpenter. Moreover, he was little inclined to boast of having cut such an absurd figure at the outset of his diplomatic career, and he attributed his late rising and his sluggish manner to a violent sick-headache. "I did nothing but feel the ground," he replied to his master's questions. "I was feeling so miserable that I could not watch very closely. I can only assure you that they have very vulgar manners in that house, that they live on a footing of equality with peasants, and that the table is very poorly served." "That is no news to me," said Monsieur Cardonnet; "it is impossible that you can have passed the whole day at Châteaubrun without noticing something more definite. At what hour did my son arrive, at what time did he leave?" "I can't tell you just what time it was,--their old clock is so far out of the way!" "That's not an answer. How many hours did he stay there? Come, I don't ask you to be exact to a minute."