_Apres cela_--" again the expressive shrug, and no more.
"But how did he insult you ?" persisted Chris.

"Couldn't you have just turned your back, as one would in England ?" "No" Sternly he made reply.

"I could not--turn my back." "It's ever so much more dignified," she maintained.
The dark eyes flashed.

"Pardon!" he said.

"There are some insults upon which no man, English or French, can with honour turn the back." That fired her curiosity.