22/103 He's waiting for Augustine, no doubt." But Augustine, a tall, ugly, fair-haired girl, sourly answered that she did not like old men; whereupon Madame Lerat, jerking her head, answered with a smile full of underhand meaning: "That is a great mistake on your part, my dear; the old ones are more affectionate." At this moment Leonie's neighbor, a plump little body, whispered something in her ear and Leonie suddenly threw herself back on her chair, seized with a fit of noisy laughter, wriggling, looking at the gentleman and then laughing all the louder. Oh! that's it," she stammered. "How dirty that Sophie is!" "What did she say? |