face but forgot what she wanted on perceiving a perfect crowd of her

acquaintance. Besides the Mignons, besides Gaga, Clarisse and

Blanche, there were present, to the right and left, behind and in

the middle of the mass of carriages now hemming in her landau, the

following ladies: Tatan Nene and Maria Blond in a victoria, Caroline

Hequet with her mother and two gentlemen in an open carriage, Louise

Violaine quite alone, driving a little basket chaise decked with

orange and green ribbons, the colors of the Mechain stables, and