There were eight horses in the stables, and five carriages in the coach houses, and of these five one was a landau with silver embellishments, which for the moment occupied the attention of all Paris.

And amid this great wealth Nana began settling down and making her nest.

After the third representation of the Petite Duchesse she had quitted the theater, leaving Bordenave to struggle on against a bankruptcy which, despite the count's money, was imminent.

Nevertheless, she was still bitter about her failure.

It added to that other bitterness, the lesson Fontan had given her, a shameful lesson for which she held all men responsible.