dressing-case and gazed at the portrait of her aunt. One Sunday

morning her mother surprised her as she stood absorbed in finding her

cousin's features in his mother's face. Madame Grandet was then for

the first time admitted into the terrible secret of the exchange made

by Charles against her daughter's treasure.

"You gave him all!" cried the poor mother, terrified. "What will you

say to your father on New Year's Day when he asks to see your gold?"

Eugenie's eyes grew fixed, and the two women lived through mortal