So in the meantime we shall be charmed to lunch with you, M.Gournay-Martin." They went downstairs to the dining-room and found an elaborate and luxurious lunch, worthy of the hospitality of a millionaire, awaiting them.

The skill of the cook seemed to have been quite unaffected by the losses of his master.

M.Formery, an ardent lover of good things, enjoyed himself immensely.

He was in the highest spirits.

Germaine, a little upset by the night-journey, was rather querulous.