"What is it?" asked Danville, impatiently.
"Shall I be interrupting if I explain?" inquired Lomaque, getting
very weak in the eyes again, as he deferentially addressed
himself to Madame Danville.
"You have already interrupted us," said the old lady, sharply;
"so you may now just as well explain."
"It is a passage from the _Scientific Intelligence_ which has
given me great delight, and which will be joyful news for every
one here." Saying this, Lomaque looked significantly at Trudaine,
and then read from the newspaper these lines:
"ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PARIS.--The vacant sub-professorship of
chemistry has been offered, we are rejoiced to hear, to a
gentleman whose modesty has hitherto prevented his scientific
merits from becoming sufficiently prominent in the world. To the
members of the academy he has been long since known as the
originator of some of the most remarkable improvements in
chemistry which have been made of late years--improvements, the
credit of which he has, with rare, and we were almost about to
add, culpable moderation, allowed others to profit by with
impunity. No man in any profession is more thoroughly entitled to
have a position of trust and distinction conferred on him by the
State than the gentleman to whom we refer--M. Louis Trudaine."
Before Lomaque could look up from the paper to observe the
impression which his news produced, Rose had gained her brother's
side and was kissing him in a flutter of delight.
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