Alphonse Giraud is not a strong house.

He will lean against you if you permit it.

So be warned." "By my carelessness," I answered, "I have done Alphonse Giraud a great injury--I have practically ruined him.

Surely the least I can do is to attempt to recover for him that which he has lost." Madame de Clericy was of course engaged in needlework.

I never saw her fingers idle.