Gaston knew the song, and they gave a sort of duet.
"Don't sing those beastly things," I said to Marguerite, imploringly.
"Oh, how proper you are!" she said, smiling and giving me her hand.

"It is not for myself, but for you." Marguerite made a gesture as if to say, "Oh, it is long since that I have done with propriety!" At that moment Nanine appeared.
"Is supper ready ?" asked Marguerite.

"Yes, madame, in one moment." "Apropos," said Prudence to me, "you have not looked round; come, and I will show you." As you know, the drawing-room was a marvel.
Marguerite went with us for a moment; then she called Gaston and went into the dining-room with him to see if supper was ready.
"Ah," said Prudence, catching sight of a little Saxe figure on a side-table, "I never knew you had this little gentleman." "Which ?" "A little shepherd holding a bird-cage." "Take it, if you like it." "I won't deprive you of it." "I was going to give it to my maid.

I think it hideous; but if you like it, take it." Prudence only saw the present, not the way in which it was given.

She put the little figure on one side, and took me into the dressing-room, where she showed me two miniatures hanging side by side, and said: "That is the Comte de G., who was very much in love with Marguerite; it was he who brought her out.