I ran up and, finding her in the sitting room, I gave her the note." "And what did she say ?" "She read it, and cried 'Ah!' in great satisfaction, and immediately ordered a carriage and that the maid should pack all her luggage and the young lady's.

Oh! she was in a great hurry, and in the best of spirits; and she pressed us on so that I was not able to attend properly to you, sir.

And finally, as you saw, she drove off to the house of the duke, still in high good humor." The waiter paused.

I sat silent in thought.
"Is there anything else you wish to know, sir ?" asked the waiter.
Then my much-tried temper gave way again.
"I want to know what the devil it all means!" I roared.
The waiter drew near, wearing a very sympathetic expression.

I knew that he had always put me down as an admirer of Marie Delhasse.