8/20 Did Micheline tell you the gentleman's name ?" "I met him when I came here; he was with her in the garden. We were introduced to each other." "That was good taste," said Madame Desvarennes with irony. "Oh, he is a youth who is not easily disturbed, and in his most passionate transports will not disarrange a fold of his cravat. You know he is a Prince? The fortune hunter, ugh! No doubt he said to himself, 'The baker has money--and her daughter is agreeable.' And he is making a business of it." "He is only following the example of many of his equals. |