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
WITH TWELVE PHOTOGRAVURES AFTER PAINTINGS BY
PIERRE VIDAL
VOLUME I
PRINTED ONLY FOR SUBSCRIBERS BY
GEORGE BARRIE & SON
PHILADELPHIA
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER
I. EGUZON
II. THE MANOR OF CHÂTEAUBRUN
III. MONSIEUR CARDONNET
IV. THE VISION
V. THE DRIBE
VI. JEAN THE CARPENTER
VII. THE ARREST
VIII. GILBERTE
IX. MONSIEUR ANTOINE
X. A GOOD ACTION
XI. A GHOST
XII. INDUSTRIAL DIPLOMACY
XIII. THE STRUGGLE
XIV. FIRST LOVE
XV. THE STAIRCASE
XVI. THE TALISMAN
XVII. THAW
XVIII. STORM
XIX. THE PORTRAIT
XX. THE FORTRESS OF CROZANT
XXI. MONSIEUR ANTOINE'S NAP
XXII. INTRIGUE
XXIII. THE DEVIL'S ROCK
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SIN OF MONSIEUR ANTOINE
VOLUME I
EMILE'S FIRST MEETING WITH GILBERTE.
EMILE ENTERTAINED BY MONSIEUR ANTOINE.
MONSIEUR DE BOISGUILBAULT TRIES EMILE'S HORSE.
EMILE IN CONFERENCE WITH HIS FATHER.
EMILE EXAMINES THE PORTRAIT OF THE MARQUISE DE
BOISGUILBAULT.
GALUCHET SURPRISED.
EMILE'S FIRST MEETING WITHGILBERTE.
A fresh young voice was singing, or rather humming, at a littledistance, one of those sweet melodies, which are peculiar to thecountry. And the châtelain's daughter, the bachelor's child, whosemother's name was a mystery to the whole neighborhood, appeared at thecorner of a clump of eglantine, as lovely as the loveliest wild flowerof that charming solitude.
INTRODUCTION
I wrote the Sin of Monsieur Antoine in the country, during a seasonof tranquillity, outward and inward, such as seldom occurs in one's life.It was in 1845, a period when criticism of soci