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Theresultofhisinterviewwithhisassailantwassoonapparent。
ThoughGoupilhadconcludedhisbargainwiththesheriffthenightbefore，henowimpudentlyrefusedtofulfilit。
“MydearLecoeur，“hesaid，“IamunexpectedlyenabledtobuyupMonsieurDionis’spractice；Iamthereforeinapositiontohelpyoutoselltoothers。Tearuptheagreement；it’sonlythelossoftwostamps，——hereareseventycentimes。“
LecoeurwastoomuchafraidofGoupiltocomplain。AllNemoursknewbeforenightthatMinorethadgivenDionissecuritytoenableGoupiltobuyhispractice。ThelatterwrotetoSaviniendenyinghischargesagainstMinoret，andtellingtheyoungnoblemanthatinhisnewpositionhewasforbiddenbytherulesofthesupremecourt，andalsobyhisrespectforlaw，tofightaduel。ButhewarnedSavinientotreathimwellinfuture；assuringhimhewasacapitalboxer，andwouldbreakhislegatthefirstoffence。
ThewallsofNemourswereclearedoftheinscription；butthequarrelbetweenMinoretandhiswifewenton；andSavinienmaintainedathreateningsilence。TendaysaftertheseeventsthemarriageofMademoiselleMassin，theelder，tothefuturenotarywasbruitedaboutthetown。MademoiselleMassinhadadowryofeightythousandfrancsandherownpeculiarugliness；Goupilhadhisdeformitiesandhispractice；theunionthereforeseemedsuitableandprobable。Oneevening，towardsmidnight，twounknownmenseizedGoupilinthestreetashewasleavingMassin’shouse，gavehimasoundbeating，anddisappeared。Thenotarykeptthematteraprofoundsecret，andevencontradictedanoldwomanwhosawthescenefromherwindowandthoughtthatsherecognizedhim。
ThesegreatlittleeventswerecarefullystudiedbyBongrand，whobecameconvincedthatGoupilheldsomemysteriouspoweroverMinoret，andhedeterminedtofindoutitscause。
ThoughthepublicopinionofthelittletownrecognizedUrsula’sperfectinnocence，sherecoveredslowly。Whileinastateofbodilyexhaustion，whichlefthermindandspiritfree，shebecamethemediumofphenomenatheeffectsofwhichwereastounding，andofanaturetochallengescience，ifsciencehadbeenbroughtintocontactwiththem。
TendaysafterMadamedePortenduere’svisitUrsulahadadream，withallthecharacteristicsofasupernaturalvision，asmuchinitsmoralaspectsasinthe，sotospeak，physicalcircumstances。Hergodfatherappearedtoherandmadeasignthatsheshouldcomewithhim。ShedressedherselfandfollowedhimthroughthedarknesstotheirformerhouseintheRuedesBourgeois，whereshefoundeverythingpreciselyasitwasonthedayofhergodfather’sdeath。Theoldmanworetheclothesthatwereonhimtheeveningbeforehisdeath。Hisfacewaspale，hismovementscausednosound；nevertheless，Ursulaheardhisvoicedistinctly，thoughitwasfeebleandasifrepeatedbyadistantecho。ThedoctorconductedhischildasfarastheChinesepagoda，wherehemadeherliftthemarbletopofthelittleBoulecabinetjustasshehadraiseditonthedayofhisdeath；butinsteadoffindingnothingthereshesawtheletterhergodfatherhadtoldhertofetch。
SheopeneditandreadboththeletteraddressedtoherselfandthewillinfavorofSavinien。Thewriting，assheafterwardstoldtheabbe，shoneasiftracedbysunbeams——“itburnedmyeyes，“shesaid。
Whenshelookedatheruncletothankhimshesawtheoldbenevolentsmileuponhisdiscoloredlips。Then，inafeeblevoice，butstillclearly，hetoldhertolookatMinoret，whowaslisteninginthecorridortowhathesaidtoher；andnext，slippingthelockofthelibraryd
