"I'll be a member of the Academy of Sciences; I'll make some great discovery, and win her hand by force of fame." "Ah!" thought the poor woman to herself, "I ought to have had a gentle, peaceful, learned man like that.

I might have slowly developed in a life of quietness.

It was not thy will, O God! but, I pray thee, unite and bless these children; they are made for one another." And she sat there, pensive, listening to the racket made by her sister-in-law--a ten-horse power at work--who now, lending a hand to her two servants, cleared the table, taking everything out of the dining-room to accommodate the dancers, vociferating, like the captain of a frigate on his quarter-deck when taking his ship into action: "Have you plenty of raspberry syrup ?" "Run out and buy some more orgeat!" "There's not enough glasses.

Where's the 'eau rougie'?
Take those six bottles of 'vin ordinaire' and make more.

Mind that Coffinet, the porter, doesn't get any." "Caroline, my girl, you are to wait at the sideboard; you'll have tongue and ham to slice in case they dance till morning.