Before leaving, moreover, Rosemonde insisted upon Guillaume inscribing his autograph in an album which Hyacinthe had to fetch from her carriage.

The young man obeyed her with evident boredom.

It could be seen that they were already weary of one another.

Pending a fresh caprice, however, it amused Rosemonde to terrorize her sorry victim.

When she at length led him away, after declaring to Guillaume that she should always regard that visit as a memorable incident in her life, she made the whole household smile by saying: "Oh! so your sons knew Hyacinthe at college.