"And I only..."

After this outburst the prince did not speak any more about the matter. But repressed vexation at his son`s poor-spirited behavior found expression in his treatment of his daughter. To his former pretexts for irony a fresh one was now addedallusions to stepmothers and amiabilities to Mademoiselle Bourienne.

"I should never, never have believed that one could be so happy," she whispered to herself. A smile lit up her face but at the same time she sighed, and her deep eyes expressed a quiet sadness as though she felt, through her happiness, that there is another sort of happiness unattainable in this life and of which she involuntarily thought at that instant.