"I will not even tell you the story as it was told to me, until one of you has seen the man.

And then, if you ask me, I will tell you.

It is nothing to me, you understand.

I am no dreamer, but a very material person, who lives in France because he loves the sunshine, and the cuisine, and the good, kind hearts, which no government or want of government can deteriorate." And Madame de Chantonnay, who liked Dormer Colville--with whom she admitted she always felt herself in sympathy--smiled graciously in response to his gallant bow.

For she, too, was a materialist who loved the sunshine and the cuisine; more especially the cuisine.
Moreover, Colville never persuaded the Marquis de Gemosac to come to England.