36/61 From the moment his mother had turned him loose in the room he had been hovering in the wake of Mme de Chezelles, the only woman present who struck him as being the thing. But after all is said and done, Nana licked her to fits! "Yesterday evening," Mme Hugon was saying, "Georges took me to the play. As to me, I wasn't in the least amused, but he was so happy! They put extraordinary pieces on the stage nowadays. Besides, music delights me very little, I confess." "What! You don't love music, madame ?" cried Mme du Joncquoy, lifting her eyes to heaven. |