Volume VI Part 73 (2/2)

I ordered up le oysters opened I sent the waiter away I then ne as a finishi+ng touch

After they had sed a few oysters and drank one or two glasses of punch, which they liked aive me an oyster with her lips

”I a in that,” I added

Eht it over Arazed at her anxiously, as if curious as to how she would answer th

”Do you give hie I will try to do the saame; there's no harm in it”

After this reply, I was sure of victory I placed the shell on the edge of her lips, and after a good deal of laughing she sucked in the oyster, which she held between her lips I instantly recovered it by placingEht her so brave; she then ihted withher lips with ined when I heard her say that it was my turn to hold the oysters It is needless to say that I acquitted ht

After these pleasant interludes ent to drinking punch and sing oysters

We all sat in a roith our backs to the fire, and our brains began to whirl, but never was there such a sweet intoxication However, the punch was not finished and ere getting very hot I took off ed to unlace their dresses, the bodices of which were lined with fur Guessing at necessities which they did not dare to mention, I pointed out a closet where they could make themselves comfortable, and they went in hand-in-hand When they ca with laughter, and reeling from side to side

I was their screen as we sat in front of the fire, and I gazed freely on charer conceal I told the till the punch was finished, and they agreed, saying, in high glee, that it would be a great sin to leave so good a thing behind

I then presus, and that I should be puzzled to assign the prize between theayer than ever, for they had not noticed that their unlaced bodices and short petticoats letour punch to the dregs, we reratulatedI asked theainst me

Arhter she was ready to follow me to the end of the world ”Then you are not afraid ofyou from the path of duty?”

”No, I feel quite safe with you”

”And what do you say, dear Emilie?”

”I shall love you too, when you do for me what the superioress will tell you to-, but I shan't co, for it is three o'clock now”

They laughed all the louder, exclai,--

”What will theto the waiter, and took theh pleased with the new rules when she sao sequins in her palm

It was too late to see the superioress, so I drove hoarita was ready to scratch my eyes out if I could not proveon her the fires Armelline and the punch had kindled I told her I had been kept by a ga party, and she asked no more questions