He's got this sort of thing,"-- and Thuillier made the gesture of a dentist pulling out a back tooth.

"We must bind him to us, Flavie.

But, above all, don't let him see his power.

As for me, I shall just give and take with him." "Do you want me to be coquettish ?" "Not too much so, my angel," replied Thuillier, with a foppish air.
And he departed, not observing the stupor which overcame Flavie.
"That young man is a power," she said to herself.

"Well, we shall see!" For these reasons she dressed her hair with marabouts, put on her prettiest gown of gray and pink, which allowed her fine shoulders to be seen beneath a pelerine of black lace, and took care to keep Celeste in a little silk frock made with a yoke and a large plaited collarette, telling her to dress her hair plainly, a la Berthe..