17/48 Marcel offered me a sou bunch of violets that I fastened in my waistband. When he took leave of me, Lord _____ wanted to call him back to invite him to dinner with us. That is my way, my dear Monsieur Maurice, if it does not suit you you should say so at once, and I will take my slippers and my nightcap." "It is sometimes a good thing to be poor then," said Vicomte Maurice, with a look of envious sadness. "If Marcel had been rich I should never have left him." "Go, then," said the young fellow, shaking her by the hand. |