_Au revoir_, my charming pupil--_au revoir._" The young lady answered this polite little speech in a whisper--with her round eyes fixed distrustfully on me while she spoke.

The door closed on her.

Major Fitz-David was a t liberty to set matters right with me, in my turn.
"I call that young person one of my happy discoveries;" said the old gentleman, complacently.

"She possesses, I don't hesitate to say, the finest soprano voice in Europe.

Would you believe it, I met with her at the railway station.