her their respects. Francois, one of the footmen, was passing up

the bottles while La Faloise, trying hard to imitate a coster's

"'Ere y're, given away, given away! There's some for everybody!"

"Do be still, dear boy," Nana ended by saying. "We look like a set

She thought him very droll and was greatly entertained. At one

moment she conceived the idea of sending Georges with a glass of

champagne to Rose Mignon, who was affecting temperance. Henri and

Charles were bored to distraction; they would have been glad of some