"The question is now," continued he, "whether Reine will have me! You may not believe me, Monsieur de Buxieres, but though I may seem very bold and resolute, I feel like a wet hen when I get near her.

I have a dreadful panic that she will send me away as I came.

I don't know whether I can ever find courage to ask her." "Why should she refuse you ?" said Julien, sadly, "she knows that you love her.

Do you suppose she loves any one else ?" "That I don't know.

Although Reine is very frank, she does not let every one know what is passing in her mind, and with these young girls, I tell you, one is never sure of anything.