The family was to leave Chalet the beginning of the week following, sooner than they had expected.

I should ask leave from my mother to come again to say good-bye the same morning that they were to start, and instead of returning to Stefanos I should start with them for Paris.

I had already seen the lady, a young creature who, pleased with my appearance, concerned herself little about anything else, and my friends would tell her I had accepted her offer.

And for my clothes, I was to pack them up the evening before, and carry the parcel to a point on the road where the young man would meet me.

They would not be many, for my pretty fete costumes, the dress of the country, which were my best possessions, would be of no use in Paris.
"'And once there,' said my friend, 'we will dress thee as thou should'st be dressed.