All This and Heaven Too

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Rachel Field. All This and Heaven Too

All This and Heaven Too

Table of Contents

A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION

PART I "Mademoiselle D."1841-1848

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-four

PART II. Mademoiselle Henriette Desportes. 1849-1851

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

PART III. Mrs. Henry M. Field. 1851-1875

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Chapter Forty-Three

Chapter Forty-Four

Chapter Forty-Five

AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

THE END

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Rachel Field

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Mademoiselle Maillard had lasted longer than other governesses and she was not without her household supporters. Madame Marguerite Leclerc, lady's maid to the Duchesse, and she were on the best of terms. Euphemia Merville, the concierge's wife, frequently invited her in to drink coffee on her free afternoons. Maxine and Renée, the nursemaids, had found her an easy superior; for she seldom interfered with their management of the children. Domestic newcomers were always regarded as natural enemies till time or some household crisis proved them to be otherwise; and there was about Mademoiselle Deluzy a crisp assurance of manner, a nicety of speech that prejudiced inferiors. Nothing escaped those keen hazel eyes of hers, and they knew it. She performed her own duties with conscientious and efficient scrupulousness; therefore she would not be apt to tolerate any laxness in others. Gone were the easy days when Mademoiselle Maillard reigned, wrapped in her own concerns, and the children's wing might safely gather a layer of dust or remain cluttered for days on end without comment.

The subject of the new governess's name had already aroused curious comment among the staff. Jean, the porter, and André, the footman, both insisted they had announced her first as Mademoiselle Desportes; yet here she was being addressed by all as Mademoiselle Deluzy. In all such matters Jean's memory was reliable, and it seemed strange indeed that this change should have occurred without explanation. They were unanimous in feeling that Deluzy was not a proper name for one they considered an upper servant no better than themselves—much too fanciful and high-flown for their approval; and they resented it unreasonably.

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