"Perhaps he has flung himself into the Seine." "You must not give up all hope," said Madame Descoings, "because a poor lad has met with a bad woman who has led him to do wrong.

Dear me! we see that every day.

Philippe has had such misfortunes! he has had so little chance to be happy and loved that we ought not to be surprised at his passion for that creature.

All passions lead to excess.

My own life is not without reproach of that kind, and yet I call myself an honest woman.