or Dorlange and I
are living proofs that all cannot have them as they want them.

Another eccentricity of the marquis is the choice he has made, as chief
assistant in his son's election, of an old Ursuline nun, with whom
he seems to have made a bargain, in which, strange to say, you have
unconsciously played a part. Yes, madame, the Saint-Ursula for which,
unknown to yourself, you were posing, will have, to all appearances, a
considerable influence on the election of our friend. The case is this:

For many years Mother Marie-des-Anges, superior of the Ursuline convent
at Arcis-sur-Aube, has desired to install in the chapel of her convent
an image of its patron saint. But this abbess, who is a woman of taste
and intelligence, would not listen to the idea of one of those stock
figures which can be bought ready-made from the venders of church
decorations. On the other hand, she thought it was robbing her poor to
spend on this purpose the large sum necessary to procure a work of art.
The nephew of this excellent woman is an organist in Paris to whom the
Marquis de Sallenauve, then in emigration, had confided the care of his
son. When it became a question of making Charles a deputy, the marquis
naturally thought of Arcis, a place where his family had left so many
memories. The organist also recollected his aunt's desire; he knew
how influential she was in that region because of her saintliness, and
having in his nature a touch of that intrigue which likes to undertake
things difficult and arduous, he went to see her, with the approval of
the Marquis de Sallenauve, and let her know that one of the most skilful
sculptors in Paris was ready to make her the statue of Saint-Ursula
if she, on her side, would promise to secure the artist's election as
deputy from the arrondissement of Arcis.

The old nun did not think the undertaking beyond her powers. She now
possesses the object of her pious longings; the statue arrived some days
ago, and is already in the chapel of the convent, where she proposes to
give it, before long, a solemn inauguration. It now remains to be seen
whether the good nun will perform her part of the contract.

Well, madame, strange to say, after hearing and inquiring into the whole
matter I shall not be surprised if this remarkable woman should
carry the day. From the description our friend gives of her, Mother
Marie-des-Anges is a small woman, short and thick-set, whose face
is prepossessing and agreeable