Now the simple-minded man climbs triumphantly to the top, because, though his ideas are limited, they are sure and he knows how to obey.

We are no longer the style." Desnoyers assented.

It was so; they were no longer fashionable.

None knew that better than he, for he who was once the sensation of the day, was now passing as a stranger among the very people who a few months before had raved over him.
"Your reign is over," laughed Argensola.

"The fact that you are a handsome fellow doesn't help you one bit nowadays.