"Oh! in love," said he, lightly, "that would perhaps be saying too much.

Let me say that she has taken my fancy; that will be sufficient." The duke regarded his son with a bantering air.
"Really, you delight me!" he exclaimed.

"I feared that this love-affair might derange, at least for the moment, certain plans that I have formed--for I have formed certain plans for you." "The devil!" "Yes, I have my plans, and I will communicate them to you later in detail.

I will content myself today by recommending you to examine Mademoiselle Blanche de Courtornieu." Martial made no reply.

This recommendation was entirely unnecessary.