Volume IV Part 74 (1/2)

Madaatha, and race When it was over Madame de Chauvelin thankedtogether at Soleure, and that she hoped I would dance again with her at her own house A profound boed her how flattered I felt by the compliment

The ball did not co, and I did not leave it till I saw Agatha going away in the company with Mada, when my man told me a pretty wohted to find it was Agatha's ave her a cup of chocolate As soon as ere alone she drew s from her pocket, and said, with a s them to a jeweller, who had offered her a thousand sequins for theht to have let hi, I drew her tothat she had shared in the kiss, and that she seemed to like it, I went farther, and at last we spent a couple of hours in shehat a high opinion we had of each other

Afterwards we both looked rather astonished, and it was the beautiful irl,” said she, with a smile, ”of the way in which you proved to me that you love her?”

”I leave that to your discretion, my dear,” said I ”I have certainly proved that I love you, but it does not follow that I do not adore your daughter In fact, I burn for her; and yet, if we are not careful to avoid being alone together, what has just happened between us will often happen again”

”It is hard to resist you, and it is possible that I ain in private”

”You may be sure you will always be welcome, and all I ask of you is not to put any obstacles in the way of atha”

”I have also a favour to ask”

”If it is within ood! Then tell s are real, and as your intention in putting theenuine, and atha should keep theh, and then told ht ask them to supper, with Dupre and his wife, whenever I pleased I thanked her, gave her ten sequins, and sent her away happy

On reflection I decided that I had never seen a atha's mother It would have been impossible to announce the success of my suit in a more delicate or uess that I seized the opportunity and brought this interesting affair to a conclusion The saatha and her mother, to sup with me the next day, in addition toDupre's I had an adventure

My reat rascal, but who behaved well on this occasion, ran up tofor breath, and said triu for you to warn you that I have just seen the Chevalier de Ville-Follet slip into Mada an amorous call on the Corticelli”

I ih spirits, and hoping that uess had been correct I walked in and found the landlady and themy way towards the Corticelli's roo nora was not well and wanted rest I pushed them aside, and entered the rooentleirl remained stretched on the bed as if petrified by my sudden apparition

”Sir,” said I, ”I hope you will pardon ”

”Wait aI went away in high glee, and told the story to the Chevalier Raiberti, who enjoyed it as well as I did I asked him to warn the Pacienza wo for Corticelli, who had ceased to belong to me He approved, and said,--

”I suppose you will not be going to colie?”

”It is only fools who complain, above all in circumstances like these”

This scandalous story would have been consigned to forgetfulness, if it had not been for the Chevalier de Ville-Follet's indiscretion He felt angry at being interrupted in thehe had seenhi, whereon the impudent rascal replied that he was only answerable to his s On this the chevalier caned him, and the man went to complain to the superintendent, who summoned Ville-Follet to appear before hi to fear, he told the whole story

The Chevalier de Raiberti, too, was very ill received when he went to tell Mada to pay her anything more in future; but he would listen to no defence The chevalier ca the house he had eant, whom he concluded had colie