"Ah! you won't find them very cheerful," said she.

"My poor Benedetta is greatly worried.

Her divorce suit is not progressing at all well." All Rome, indeed, was again talking of this affair.

An extraordinary revival of tittle-tattle had set both white and black worlds agog.

And so there was no need for reticence on Victorine's part, especially in conversing with a compatriot.