"Every one seems to know every one and to be glad to see every one.

The marquis has made me acquainted with ever so many people, and I feel quite like one of the family.

It's an occasion," Newman continued, wanting to say something thoroughly kind and comfortable, "that I shall always remember, and remember very pleasantly." "I think it is an occasion that we shall none of us forget," said the marquise, with her pure, neat enunciation.
People made way for her as she passed, others turned round and looked at her, and she received a great many greetings and pressings of the hand, all of which she accepted with the most delicate dignity.

But though she smiled upon every one, she said nothing until she reached the last of the rooms, where she found her elder son.

Then, "This is enough, sir," she declared with measured softness to Newman, and turned to the marquis.