8/29 It's lighted up, my dear, with glass lamps, and you'll think you are in paradise. All the gentlemen of Soulanges and Auxerre and Ville-aux-Fayes will be there. It's worthy giving your eternity to hear such words said of you by a man you love." "Yes, perhaps," replied La Pechina, thoughtfully. "Ha! you'll have a fine chance, handsome as you are, to pick up good luck. There's the son of Monsieur Lupin, Amaury, he might marry you. |