She would fain have known their lives, have penetrated, blended with them.

But she was shivering with cold.

She undressed, and cowered down between the sheets against Charles, who was asleep.
There were a great many people to luncheon.

The repast lasted ten minutes; no liqueurs were served, which astonished the doctor.
Next, Mademoiselle d'Andervilliers collected some pieces of roll in a small basket to take them to the swans on the ornamental waters, and they went to walk in the hot-houses, where strange plants, bristling with hairs, rose in pyramids under hanging vases, whence, as from over-filled nests of serpents, fell long green cords interlacing.
The orangery, which was at the other end, led by a covered way to the outhouses of the chateau.

The Marquis, to amuse the young woman, took her to see the stables.
Above the basket-shaped racks porcelain slabs bore the names of the horses in black letters.