Emile did not like me to go to his _atelier_ so often; and the gentleman gave me a shawl (such a pretty shawl!) and a canary in a lovely green and gold cage; and...." "And Emile objected ?" "Yes, M'sieur." "How very unreasonable!" "That's just what I said, M'sieur." "And have you never seen him since!" "Oh, yes--he keeps company now with my cousin Cecile, and she humors him in everything," "And the artist--what of him, Mademoiselle ?" "Oh, I sat to him every day, till his picture was finished.

_Il etait bien gentil_.

He took me to the theatre several times, and once to a fete at Versailles; but that was after Emile and I had broken it off." "Did you find it tiresome, sitting as a model ?" "_Mais, comme ci, et comme ca_! It was a beautiful dress, and became me wonderfully.

To be sure, it was rather cold!" "May I ask what character you were supposed to represent, Mademoiselle ?" "He said it was Phryne.

I have no idea who she was; but I think she must have found it very uncomfortable if she always wore sandals, and went without stockings." I looked down at her little foot, and thought how pretty it must have looked in the Greek sandal.