Let me see; where was I ?" "You do not know at all where you are, Bettina, and you are telling these gentlemen things which can not interest them." "Oh! I beg your pardon," said the Cure.

"The sale of this estate is the only subject of conversation in the neighborhood just now, and Miss Percival's account interests me very much." "You see, Susie, my account interests Monsieur le Cure very much; then I shall continue.

We went for our ride, we returned at seven o'clock--nothing.

We dined, and just when we were leaving the table a telegram from America arrived.

It contained only a few lines: "'I have ordered the purchase to-day, for you and in your name, of the castle and lands of Longueval, near Souvigny, on the Northern Railway line.' "Then we both burst into a fit of wild laughter at the thought." "No, no, Bettina; you calumniate us both.