He told, in a sprightly way, several anecdotes.

His gaiety was rather feverish--somewhat forced studied, and abrupt; but, nevertheless, it was gaiety.Mme.de Lorcy responded to him, Mlle.

Moriaz continued silent; she crumpled between her fingers the guipure lace of her Marie-Antoinette fichu, and, with fixed eye, she seemed to be counting the stitches.

Samuel Brohl interrupted himself in the midst of a sentence, and rose suddenly.

He turned towards Antoinette; in a hollow voice he begged her to tell M.Moriaz how much he regretted that his early departure would deprive him of the honour and pleasure of visiting him at Cormeilles; then he bowed to Mme.