Besides, Madeleine is far too stupid to allow of her doing us any harm." At that moment he was almost afraid of her.

He felt he could not remain with her any longer, although she besought him to do so.
Fanny stood watching him as he went down the street, biting her lips to restrain her feelings; but the tears stood in her eyes, and she kept a convulsive hold on the curtains, behind which she was concealing herself.

For the conquest she had made, which had also on her side been at first only mere vanity, had ended by becoming a serious matter.

She really loved him, and could now see clearly exactly how the situation lay.
Christmas came and passed.

The ordinary festivities of the season went on as usual at the Garmans'; but this year they were less merry than usual.