While I was pursuing my deductions, I had blacked my boots, brushed my coat, and tied my cravat; I had at last arrived at the important moment when we pronounce complacently that all is finished, and that well.
A grand resolve had just decided me to depart from my usual habits.

The evening before, I had seen by the advertisements that the next day was a holiday at Sevres, and that the china manufactory would be open to the public.

I was tempted by the beauty of the morning, and suddenly decided to go there.
On my arrival at the station on the left bank, I noticed the crowd hurrying on in the fear of being late.

Railroads, besides many other advantages, possess that of teaching the French punctuality.

They will submit to the clock when they are convinced that it is their master; they will learn to wait when they find they will not be waited for.
Social virtues, are, in a great degree, good habits.