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As the weeks passed Alaine counted them, and as to one month was added two, three, and at last six months had gone by, she began to watch and listen and hope for a word from Pierre. If he had succeeded, at any day now she might hope to see her father. She resolutely determined to put from her all thought of Lendert Verplanck, for not a word nor sign had come from him. "He loved me and left me," she sighed. "It will be hard to forget, but he marries that other whom his mother has chosen, and for me, I marry Pierre, God willing."
More than once Mère Michelle brought up her darling project. "There is no reason, Alaine, why you and Gerard should not marry, or at least be acknowledged fiancée," she would say.