You, for instance, Marie-Anne, would look all the better for a little rouge!" She spoke in a high, quavering voice.
The Duchesse smiled.

Her brother had always been the old Marquise's favourite.
"But I should feel so ashamed if it came off," she said lightly; "if, for instance, I felt one of my cheeks growing pale while the other remained bright red ?" "That would never happen if you used what I have often told you is the only rouge a lady should use, that is, the sap of the geranium blossom--that gives an absolutely natural tint to the skin, and my own dear mother always used it.

You remember how Louis XVIII.

complimented her on her beautiful complexion at the first Royal ball held after the Restoration?
Well, the Sovereign's gracious words were entirely owing to the geranium blossom!".