At dinner he diffused a warmth and geniality which were infectious.

Laura was pleased and amused; and she adored her father for these impulses which brought to the board, unexpectedly, such men as M.Ferraud.
M.Ferraud did not smoke, but he dissipated to the extent of drinking three small cups of coffee after dinner.
"You are right," he acknowledged--there had been a slight dispute relative to the methods of roasting the berry--"Europe does not roast its coffee, it burns it.

The aroma, the bouquet! I am beaten." "So am I," Fitzgerald reflected sadly, snatching a vision of the girl's animated face.
Three days he had ridden into the country with her, or played tennis, or driven down to the village and inspected the yacht.

He had been lonely so long and this beautiful girl was such a good comrade.

One moment he blessed the prospective treasure hunt, another he execrated it.