CHAPTER XXII 

PATERNAL ANXIETY 

M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed. He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second. And he was not succeeding. 

The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together. 

Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause. 

It was the cause which was so singularly upsetting. 

Milor Eglinton, his son-in-law, had sent in his resignation as Comptroller-General of Finance, and this without giving any reason for so sudden and decisive a step. At any rate Lydie herself professed to be ignorant of milor's motives for this extraordinary line of action as she was of his future purpose. All she knew--or all that she cared to tell her father--was that her husband had avowedly the intention of deserting her: he meant to quit Versailles immediately, thus vacating his post without a moment's notice, and leaving his wife, whom he had allowed to conduct all State affairs for him for over a year, to extricate herself, out of a tangle of work and an anomalous position, as best she might. 

The only suggestion which milor had cared to put forward, with regard to her future, was that he was about to make her a free gift of his château and lands of Vincennes, the yearly revenues of which were close upon a million livres. This gift she desired not to accept. 
who was prime minister?
to who?
how many interviews did he have?
how long?
how many statements?
was lydie acting normal?
who was his son in law?
who told him something during the first interveiw?
what was his son in laws occupation?
is he still in that occupation?
was lydie married?
did he give reason for his quitting?
did his son in law take his wife?
who conducted the affairs?
for how long?
did she receive a gift?
from who
of what?
did she want this gift?
was lydie behavior shocking to anyone?
M. le Duc d'Aumont
M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister 
His Majesty King Louis XV of France
 His Majesty King Louis XV of France
Two
 what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second. And he was not succeeding.
30 minutes each
each of half an hour's duration
two sets of statements
The two sets of statements
no
Lydie, certainly had been very strange
Milor Eglinton
Milor Eglinton, his son-in-law,
his daughter
what his daughter had told him in the first interview
Comptroller-General of Finance
esignation as Comptroller-General of Finance
no
in his resignation
yes
er husband had av
no
without giving any reason
no
avowedly the intention of deserting her
his wife
his wife, whom he had allowed to conduct all State affairs for him for over a year
for over a year
 for him for over a year
yes
 make her a free gift of his château
Milor Eglinton
Milor Eglinton
his château and lands of Vincennes
his château and lands of Vincennes
no
This gift she desired not to accept
no
Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause. 