Mademoiselle, give him his hat and cane." "But--he never goes out without me.

Do you, monsieur ?" "Yes, Philippe, yes; I always want her--" "It would be better to take the carriage," said Flore.
"Yes, let us take the carriage," cried the old man, in his anxiety to make his two tyrants agree.
"Uncle, you will come with me, alone, and on foot, or I shall never return here; I shall know that the town of Issoudun tells the truth, when it declares you are under the dominion of Mademoiselle Flore Brazier.

That my uncle should love you, is all very well," he resumed, holding Flore with a fixed eye; "that you should not love my uncle is also on the cards; but when it comes to your making him unhappy--halt! If people want to get hold of an inheritance, they must earn it.

Are you coming, uncle ?" Philippe saw the eyes of the poor imbecile roving from himself to Flore, in painful hesitation.
"Ha! that's how it is, is it ?" resumed the lieutenant-colonel.

"Well, adieu, uncle.