![]() ![]() But here her love – Theodore – appears and saves her. But marquis buys Peter and the servant tells him this plan. So Peter and Adeline make up the plan of escape. Adeline has already noticed that that man importunately woos her. When they stay alone, he says that she is in a huge danger, because Pierre wants to sell her to the marquis. Once when the family has a dinner, Peter quietly gives Adeline the sign to go with him. He also falls in love with her from the first sight. She falls in love with him, but doesn’t want to admit this. Once, when she sits in the forest and sing, she notices that a young man stands near her and admiringly looks at her. But she is happy to live there: she likes to walk in the forest, enjoy the nature. He visits the house more and more often, he is very courteous, polite, but after this meetings Pierre becomes more and more gloomy and sad.Īdeline is worried with his behavior, because Pierre has become her second father, who seems to love her and is very kind to her. He says that this abbey is his, but he lets the family to stay here. Once a marquis and his soldiers come to them. He falls in love with Adeline, but she doesn’t answer him the same. In some time their son, Louis finds them and lives with them during his “vacation”, given in service. Actually they understand that they will not find safer place for them, so they settle there. Pierre hunts in the forest, Peter, their servant, takes a horse and having found a village somewhere near the forest, gets them all necessary goods. ![]() Their hope to fix their one and only means of transport doesn’t come true and they don’t have any choice but for staying in this abbey. This abbey seems to be very dismal and mystical, but they don’t have any other variant there. So they decide to stay at least for a night to have a rest after long distance they have overcome and then fix their carriage. But suddenly they notice an abandoned abbey near them. Once, going through the forest, their carriage breaks down and they occur to be alone in the huge forest. The woman is called Adeline and she tells them her story: when she was a baby her mother died and her father sent her to a monastery, where she lived until recently her father decided to take her from there, and he brought her in this house, where Pierre saw her. The La Mottes take her and continue their way. There they meet the gangsters who give them a very beautiful young woman and order to take her away and not to come back to this house anymore. Once going through the field they stumble upon a house. They keep their way through the desolate lands in order their family doesn’t fall into the hands of the authorities. Their son, Louis, serves in the regiment at this time, so he can’t join them. So, their group: Pierre, his wife, their servants go ahead hoping for some place for safe living. The story begins with short description of the La Mottes – the family which used to live in Paris in riches and abundance, but which has to leave their good life because Pierre de La Motte, the head of the family, has to escape from his creditors and the persecution of the laws. ![]() ![]() The events of the novel take place in the late XVII century. Written by Dio Sm and other people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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