"Everything is unexpected.

But of all things possible, this it seems to me is best--to come here--to rest for a time." "You are passing through to St.Louis ?" "Perhaps," she said.

"My plans for the moment are somewhat unsettled.

I stopped off here, as no doubt you know, to serve as godmother to this baby of Jeanne's! It is an important errand." "But monsieur has not perfectly examined this infant as yet," interrupted Hector.

"See, it has the eyes of Jeanne,--it has--" "It is a darling!" said Josephine gently, and stroked the somewhat scanty hair of the heiress of the Fournier estates.
In some way, a moment later, they were apart from the protestations of the fond parents.