You're the nicer attraction of the two, on my honor!" Satin deigned no reply.

Nor did she take her eyes off Nana and the count, who were now alone.

Muffat, ceasing to be ceremonious, had come to sit beside the young woman.

He took her fingers and began kissing them.

Whereupon Nana, seeking to change the current of his thoughts, asked him if his daughter Estelle were better.