Her present self-possession and aplomb struck Newman as really infernal, and he inclined to agree with Valentin de Bellegarde that the young lady was very remarkable.

"No, to tell the truth, I didn't come for you," he said, "and I didn't expect to find you.

I was told," he added in a moment "that you had left your father." "Quelle horreur!" cried Mademoiselle Nioche with a smile.

"Does one leave one's father?
You have the proof of the contrary." "Yes, convincing proof," said Newman glancing at M.Nioche.The old man caught his glance obliquely, with his faded, deprecating eye, and then, lifting his empty glass, pretended to drink again.
"Who told you that ?" Noemie demanded.

"I know very well.