"A circumstance," she added, with an expression of great tenderness, "which will remind you that I am always to be treated with the profoundest respect." De Guiche fell at her feet, which he kissed, with the religious fervor of a worshipper.

"And I begin to think that, really and truly, I have another character to perform.

I was almost forgetting it." "Name it, oh! name it," said De Guiche.
"I am a woman," she said, in a voice lower than ever, "and I love." He rose, she opened her arms, and their lips met.

A footstep was heard behind the tapestry, and Mademoiselle de Montalais appeared.
"What do you want ?" said Madame.
"M.

de Guiche is wanted," replied Montalais, who was just in time to see the agitation of the actors of these four characters; for De Guiche had consistently carried out his part with heroism..