It is foolish to dismiss a man in a temper.

He thinks you do not mean it.

But our Madelinette there"-- he turned towards the Cure now--"she is never in a temper, and every one always knows she means what she says; and she says it as even as a clock." Then the egoist in him added: "I have power and imagination and the faculty for great things; but Madelinette has serene judgment--a tribute to you, Cure, who taught her in the old days." "In any case, Tardif is going," she repeated quietly.

"What did he do ?" said the Seigneur.

"What was your grievance, beautiful Madame ?" He was looking at her with unfeigned admiration--with just such a look as was in his face the first day they met in the Avocat's house on his arrival in Pontiac.