8/14 He stands over there by the table, he in English clothes. He only arrived in Paris ten days ago, and speaks French indifferently. But he is charming, quite charming, my dearest friend." "Did you know him before he came to Paris ?" "Oh, no! Excuse me. I will bring him." Madame made no remark, but watched Giraud with her quiet smile as he went to seek this dear friend of eight days' standing. It was as little known or understood in Paris in the decadent days of the Second Empire as it is now in the time of our own social collapse in England. |