Adieu! comte.

By the by--" "What ?" "Are you quick at making verses ?" "Wonderfully so." "Will you have quite finished the three lines and a half to-morrow morning ?" "I _hope_ so." "Adieu, then, until to-morrow." "Adieu, adieu!" Saint-Aignan was obliged to accept the notice to quit; he accordingly did so, and disappeared behind the hedge.

Their conversation had led Guiche and Saint-Aignan a good distance from the chateau.
Every mathematician, every poet, and every dreamer has his own subjects of interest.

Saint-Aignan, on leaving Guiche, found himself at the extremity of the grove,--at the very spot where the outbuildings of the servants begin, and where, behind the thickets of acacias and chestnut-trees interlacing their branches, which were hidden by masses of clematis and young vines, the wall which separated the woods from the courtyard was erected.

Saint-Aignan, alone, took the path which led towards these buildings; De Guiche going off in the opposite direction.
The one proceeded to the flower-garden, while the other bent his steps towards the walls.