see visitors. But she was already on her feet and seemed all aflame

"Why should I not see him? He would think me afraid. Dear me,

we'll have a good laugh! Just leave the gentleman in the drawing

room for a quarter of an hour, Francois; afterward bring him up to

She did not sit down again but began pacing feverishly to and fro

between the fireplace and a Venetian mirror hanging above an Italian

chest. And each time she reached the latter she glanced at the

glass and tried the effect of a smile, while Georges sat nervously