The mirror descended low, and yet it reflected nothing but a large unclad flesh surface.

The young marquise put her hands behind her and gave a downward pull to the waist of her dress.

"Like that, you mean ?" she asked.
"That is a little better," said Bellegarde in the same tone, "but it leaves a good deal to be desired." "Oh, I never go to extremes," said his sister-in-law.

And then, turning to Madame de Bellegarde, "What were you calling me just now, madame ?" "I called you a gad-about," said the old lady.

"But I might call you something else, too." "A gad-about?
What an ugly word! What does it mean ?" "A very beautiful person," Newman ventured to say, seeing that it was in French.
"That is a pretty compliment but a bad translation," said the young marquise.