She will be very glad to see you, Monsieur de Ligny.

She knows that you are very fond of her.

And true friends are rare, especially in the theatrical world." Robert observed Madame Nanteuil with an attention which he had not hitherto bestowed upon her.

He was trying to see in her face the face that would be her daughter's in years to come.

When walking in the street he was fond of reading, in the faces of the mothers, the love-affairs of the daughters.