But it _is_ dangerous.

I knew of a gentleman who watched his wife go out of his sight and she never came back!" "Hold still!" said Clotilde.
"But when my hand itches," retorted Aurore in a high key, "haven't I got to put it instantly into my pocket if I want the money to come there?
Well, then!" The daughter proposed to go to the kitchen and tell Alphonsina to put on her shoes.
"My child," cried Aurore, "you are crazy! Do you want Alphonsina to be seized for the rent ?" "But you cannot go alone--and on foot!" "I must go alone; and--can you lend me your carriage?
Ah, you have none?
Certainly I must go alone and on foot if I am to say I cannot pay the rent.

It is no indiscretion of mine.

If anything happens to me it is M.
Grandissime who is responsible." Now she is ready for the adventurous errand.

She darts to the mirror.
The high-water marks are gone from her eyes.