Allthesemanoeuvreswerecrownedwithcompletesuccess。In1834themothersofthefortynoblefamiliescomposingthehighsocietyofBesanconquotedMonsieurAmedeedeSoulasasthemostcharmingyoungmaninthetown；noonewouldhavedaredtodisputehisplaceascockofthewalkattheHoteldeRupt，andallBesanconregardedhimasRosaliedeWatteville\'sfuturehusband。TherehadevenbeensomeexchangeofideasonthesubjectbetweentheBaronessandAmedee，towhichtheBaron\'sapparentnonentitygavesomecertainty。
MademoiselledeWatteville，towhomherenormousprospectivefortuneatthattimelentconsiderableimportance，hadbeenbroughtupexclusivelywithintheprecinctsoftheHoteldeRupt——whichhermotherrarelyquitted，sodevotedwasshetoherdearArchbishop——andseverelyrepressedbyanexclusivelyreligiouseducation，andbyhermother\'sdespotism，whichheldherrigidlytoprinciples。Rosalieknewabsolutelynothing。IsitknowledgetohavelearnedgeographyfromGuthrie，sacredhistory，ancienthistory，thehistoryofFrance，andthefourrulesallpassedthroughthesieveofanoldJesuit？Dancingandmusicwereforbidden，asbeingmorelikelytocorruptlifethantograceit。TheBaronesstaughtherdaughtereveryconceivablestitchintapestryandwomen\'swork——plainsewing，embroidery，netting。AtseventeenRosaliehadneverreadanythingbutthe/Lettresedifiantes/
andsomeworksonheraldry。Nonewspaperhadeverdefiledhersight。
SheattendedmassattheCathedraleverymorning，takentherebyhermother，camebacktobreakfast，didneedleworkafteralittlewalkinthegarden，andreceivedvisitors，sittingwiththebaronessuntildinner-time。Then，afterdinner，exceptingonMondaysandFridays，sheaccompaniedMadamedeWattevilletootherhousestospendtheevening，withoutbeingallowedtotalkmorethanthematernalrulepermitted。
AteighteenMademoiselledeWattevillewasaslight，thingirlwithaflatfigure，fair，colorless，andinsignificanttothelastdegree。