These articles had been selected with unerring taste, and a fresher, prettier image of youthful alertness and blooming discretion was not to be conceived.

She made Newman a most respectful curtsey and expressed her gratitude for his liberality in a wonderfully graceful little speech.

It annoyed him to have a charming young girl stand there thanking him, and it made him feel uncomfortable to think that this perfect young lady, with her excellent manners and her finished intonation, was literally in his pay.

He assured her, in such French as he could muster, that the thing was not worth mentioning, and that he considered her services a great favor.
"Whenever you please, then," said Mademoiselle Noemie, "we will pass the review." They walked slowly round the room, then passed into the others and strolled about for half an hour.

Mademoiselle Noemie evidently relished her situation, and had no desire to bring her public interview with her striking-looking patron to a close.