"Ah with pleasure--she's so remarkably attractive." The mother's eagerness with which Madame de Vionnet jumped at this was to come back to him later as beautiful in its grace.

"The dear thing DID please you ?" Then as he met it with the largest "Oh!" of enthusiasm: "She's perfect.

She's my joy." "Well, I'm sure that--if one were near her and saw more of her--she'd be mine." "Then," said Madame de Vionnet, "tell Mrs.Newsome that!" He wondered the more.

"What good will that do you ?" As she appeared unable at once to say, however, he brought out something else.

"Is your daughter in love with our friend ?" "Ah," she rather startlingly answered, "I wish you'd find out!" He showed his surprise.