A word from us at any time will set mademoiselle thinking, and talking too, of the friend of her youthful days.

Depend on our assistance so far.

And now let me show you the way to the luncheon-table." Two good results followed the ready rendering of the help I had asked from my host's daughters.

I succeeded with my portrait of Mademoiselle Clairfait, and I heard the story which occupies the following pages.
In the case of the preceding narratives, I have repeated what was related to me, as nearly as possible in the very words of my sitters.
In the case of this third story, it is impossible for me to proceed upon the same plan.

The circumstances of "Sister Rose's" eventful history were narrated to me at different times, and in the most fragmentary and discursive manner.