Is there nothing in this picture to entice you ?" "I am not easily enticed, as you know," said Jeanne, in a firm voice, trying to smile.
Micheline and Madame Desvarennes had drawn near.
"Come, Cayrol," said Serge, in a tone of command; "I am happy to-day; perhaps I may succeed in your behalf as I have done in my own.

Let me plead your cause with Mademoiselle de Cernay ?" "With all my heart.

I need an eloquent pleader," sighed the banker, shaking his head sadly.
"And you, Mademoiselle, will you submit to the trial ?" asked the Prince, turning toward Jeanne.

"We have always been good friends, and I shall be almost a brother to you.

This gives me some right over your mind and heart, it seems to me.