The whole affair is not worth one of your tears." "Then you will come with me ?" she cried excitedly, lifting her face to his.
"I suppose I shall have to, since you talk about death sentences and terrible things of the kind." She embraced him frantically, rang the bell, threw the things that lay about anyhow into the box, and when the waiter came, ordered a carriage.

As they went downstairs she gave a hurried order in the office, and with a beaming and triumphant face, passed through the hall on Wilhelm's arm to the carriage.
Their destination was a small house on the Boulevard Pereire, of two stories, three windows wide, and a balcony in front of the first-floor windows.

At Wilhelm's ring the door was opened by Anne, who made him a careless courtesy, but greeted her mistress respectfully.

Wilhelm was going to let Pilar precede him, but she said: "No, no; you go first.

It is a better omen." Assembled in the hall they found Auguste, an old woman with a red nose, and a man not in livery, who expressed their satisfaction at their mistress' return, and complimented her on her improved appearance, but were in reality chiefly engaged in taking stock of Wilhelm while they did so.