16/18 "See! Look here!" She handed him a little sheet of crumpled note paper, inscribed in a cramped hand, showed him the inscription--"Jeanne Fournier." "You don't know who that is ?" she asked him. My maid--my French maid--don't you remember? Now, see, Jeanne is writing to me again. Don't you see, there's a baby, and it is named for me--who has none. Good-by, that money!"-- she kissed hand to the air--"Good-by, that idea, that dream of mine! That's of no consequence. |