It is not easy to describe the sense of relief and pleasure that I felt--after having been accustomed to the sleepy eyes and serpentine graces of Madame Fontaine--when I looked again at the lithe active figure and the bright well-opened gray eyes of my dear little English aunt.
"Tell me, David," she began, as soon as the first greetings were over, "what do you think of Jack Straw?
Was my poor dear husband not right?
and have I not done well to prove it ?" I could, and did, honestly congratulate her on the result of the visit to Bedlam.
"And now about the people here," she went on.

"I find Fritz's father completely changed on the subject of Fritz's marriage.

And when I ask what it means, I am told that Madame Fontaine has set everything right, in the most wonderful manner, by saving Mr.Keller's life.

Is this true ?" "Quite true.

What do you think of Madame Fontaine ?" "Ask me that, David, to-morrow or the next day.