A stout heart, sir!" And he offered Newman his hand.
"I shall not come to see you; I shall come to see Madame de Cintre," said Newman.
"You will need all the more courage." "Ah, Valentin!" said Madame de Cintre, appealingly.
"Decidedly," cried Madame de Bellegarde, "I am the only person here capable of saying something polite! Come to see me; you will need no courage," she said.
Newman gave a laugh which was not altogether an assent, and took his leave.

Madame de Cintre did not take up her sister's challenge to be gracious, but she looked with a certain troubled air at the retreating guest..