She has very beautiful black eyes." "Yes, but small." "That is so, but they are brilliant.

She is tall, and of a good figure." "I fancy she stoops a little, my lord." "I do not deny it.

She has a noble appearance." "Yes, but her face is thin." "I thought her teeth beautiful." "They can easily be seen, for her mouth is large enough.

Decidedly, I was wrong, my lord; you are certainly handsomer than your wife." "But do you think me as handsome as Buckingham ?" "Certainly, and he thinks so, too; for look, my lord, he is redoubling his attentions to Madame to prevent your effacing the impression he has made." Monsieur made a movement of impatience, but as he noticed a smile of triumph pass across the chevalier's lips, he drew up his horse to a foot-pace.

"Why," said he, "should I occupy myself any longer about my cousin?
Do I not already know her?
Were we not brought up together?
Did I not see her at the Louvre when she was quite a child ?" "A great change has taken place in her since then, prince.