2/33 I have not see him here before, but I suppose my father thinks it is well in these times to do the civil thing to the people of Dijon. "Look what a cringing air he puts on as he speaks to madame la marquise. And yet I fancy he could be insolent when he likes. He may be good-looking, but it is not a style I admire, with his thick lips and his half-closed eyes. If I met him at home I should say the fellow was something between a butcher and a Jew pedlar." "Well done, monsieur the aristocrat!" Ernest said laughing. |