Moriaz drew near Mme.

de Lorcy, and said to her, "Well, what do you think of it ?" "I think, my dear," she replied, "that Mme.

de Lorcy is a fool, and that Count Larinski is a powerful man." Antoinette looked at her with a bitter smile, and touched her arm lightly.

"Admit, madame," she said, "that if he had a hundred thousand livres' income, you would not think of doubting his sincerity." Mme.

de Lorcy did not reply; she could not say "No," and she was enraged to feel that she was both right and wrong.