The more you know the more unhappy you are." "You should not undervalue knowledge before Pansy, who has not finished her education," Madame Merle interposed with a smile.

"Pansy will never know any harm," said the child's father.

"Pansy's a little convent-flower." "Oh, the convents, the convents!" cried the Countess with a flutter of her ruffles.

"Speak to me of the convents! You may learn anything there; I'm a convent-flower myself.

I don't pretend to be good, but the nuns do.