Her heart fluttered like a bird; like a bird it had wings, and only asked to fly.

She believed that there was happiness everywhere; there seemed to be joy diffused through the air, in the wind, in every sound, and in all silences.

She gazed smilingly on the vast landscape that was spread out before her eyes, and the sparkling Seine sent back her smile.
Some one came to announce that a lady, a stranger, had called, who wished to speak with her.

Immediately thereupon the stranger appeared, and Mlle.

Moriaz was most disagreeably surprised to find herself in the presence of the Princess Gulof, whom she would willingly never have seen again.