She hesitated about coming, but Thuillier overcame her indecision.
"My old and ever young friend," he said, taking her round the waist, for she was alone in her little salon, "I won't have any secret from you.

A great affair is in the wind for me.

I can't tell you more than that, but I can ask you to be particularly charming to a certain young man--" "Who is it ?" "La Peyrade." "Why, Charles ?" "He holds my future in his hands.

Besides, he's a man of genius.

I know what that is.