And with every one she will grow just an imperceptible bit older.

By and by the wrinkles will appear; I fancy there are just one or two already.

Then she will not be so fastidious about her hundred of thousand francs, and will condescend to think of mere thousands.

After that it will come to simple hundreds.

Then there will be an interval--after which a garret, a charcoal brazier, and the Morgue.