He murmured: "Dine!-you would like to dine here ?" Jean thought he must interpose again.

"It would be a great pleasure to my godfather," said he, "if you would kindly stay.

But I know what disturbs him.

We were going to dine together, just the two of us, and you must not expect a feast.

You will be very indulgent ?" "Yes, yes, very indulgent," replied Bettina; then, addressing her sister, "Come, Susie, you must not be cross, because I have been a little--you know it is my way to be a little--Let us stay, will you?
It will do us good to pass a quiet hour here, after such a day as we have had! On the railway, in the carriage, in the heat, in the dust; we had such a horrid luncheon, in such a horrid hotel.