He proposed to Count Larinski to take a hand with him, and his proposal was accepted with the best grace in the world.

"Decidedly this man is good for everything," thought M.Moriaz, and he conceived a great liking for him.

The result was, that during an entire week Count Abel passed every evening at the Hotel Badrutt.
"Your father is a most peculiar man," said Mlle.

Moiseney, indignantly, to Antoinette.

"He is shockingly egotistical.