Their Saint had started at eight o'clock, in a second-class carriage, with a handsome fair girl, who was very well known! Then the people slowly slunk away.

When they were all gone, a policeman in plain clothes approached the railway man, and, in his turn, asked him if he were quite sure of what he had said.
"I ?" the man replied.

"Sure?
Curse them! I know nothing about it, but I have quieted them, anyway; and they may go to the devil for all I care, the silly fools! Now they will run as far as Civitavecchia at least, and may the sea swallow them and their Saint too!" "But then, where has he gone ?" the hostess exclaimed.
"Go and look for him in the cellar," the man answered.

"The flask is empty, and we are still thirsty." II.

"If you go on like this," Carlino exclaimed, hearing Jeanne order her maid to bring her hat, gloves, and fur, "if you leave me alone all day long, I swear to you we will return to Villa Diedo.