The young girl's riding-habit and hat were covered with splashes of mud.
"Oh, nothing," replied the young girl, in a broken voice; "it was only Titania, who wanted to throw me into the river.

Do you know where Rousselet is?
They say it is necessary to bleed him; and he is the only one who knows how to do it." "Whom do you mean, child?
Is my husband wounded ?" asked Clemence, turning pale.
"No, not Christian; it is a gentleman I do not know; only for him I should have been drowned.

Mon Dieu! can not Rousselet be found ?" Aline left the room in great agitation.

They all went over to the windows that opened out into the court, whence the sound of voices seemed to arise, and where they could hear the master's voice thundering out his commands.

Several servants had gone to his assistance: one of them held Titania by the bridle; she was covered with foam and mud, and was trembling, with distended nostrils, like a beast that knows it has just committed a wicked action.