Dauvray and Celia to come out to Annecy and dine with her at an hotel there.

They could then return together to Aix.

The proposal fitted well with Mme.

Dauvray's inclinations.

She was in a feverish mood of excitement.
"Yes, it will be better that we dine quietly together in a place where there is no noise and no crowd, and where no one knows us," she said; and she looked up the time-table.