Trust yourself to me, mademoiselle.

Besides, we should certainly find M.Berthaud there, and he would be delighted to do you the honours." Raymonde smiled, her clear eyes plainly saying that she was quite agreeable.

And just then, as Pierre and M.de Guersaint drew near in order to present their respects to the ladies, they were made acquainted with the question under discussion.

The "ordinary" was a kind of restaurant or _table d'hote_ which the members of the Hospitality of Our Lady of Salvation--the bearers, the hospitallers of the Grotto, the piscinas, and the hospitals--had established among themselves with the view of taking their meals together at small cost.

Many of them were not rich, for they were recruited among all classes; however, they had contrived to secure three good meals for the daily payment of three francs apiece.