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A female was spoken of who had attracted the notice of the emperor at the last bal masqué at the court, and it was said that this stranger, favoured by her disguise, had given him poisoned sweetmeats, without its being possible to discover from whose hand they came.
She didn't want Somerled to know that "Mrs. Bal" was so near. He might make some ridiculous proposal about the girl Heaven alone knew what! Men were capable of anything. The troublesome creature must really go back to her grandmother at once. Mrs. Bal could easily come to Carlisle and collect her like lost luggage if she cared to be burdened with such luggage.
"Na, na," answered the woman, with hesitation; "but to hear him asked after by a stranger and a sodger, Gude protect us, what mischief is to come next!" "None by my means, I assure you," said Morton; "the subject of my inquiry has nothing to fear from me if, as I suppose, this Quintin Mackell is the same with John Bal ."
Mousseline would be more euphonious, a fuller, richer word; and Bal Blanc, besides being more picturesque, would convey my meaning; but a shade of meaning is not sufficient justification for the use of French titles or words, for they lessen the taste of our language; we don't get the smack, and Milord's epigrams poisoned my memory of A Drama in Muslin.
The Somal call it "Bal," the Arabs "Rish;" it is universally used here as the sign and symbol of victory. Generally the white feather only is stuck in the hair; the Eesa are not particular in using black when they can procure no other. All the clans wear it in the back hair, but each has its own rules; some make it a standard decoration, others discard it after the first few days.
The night of our arrival was given to feasting and making merry. Next morning I was awakened by the voice of my man Gode, who appeared to be in high spirits, singing a snatch of a Canadian boat-song. "Ah, monsieur!" cried he, seeing me awake, "to-night aujourd'hui une grande fonction one bal vat le Mexicain he call fandango. Tres bien, monsieur.
It was like hustling her out, it is true, to give a select bal masqué at such a very early such an amusingly early date; but it was fitting that something should be done for the sick and the destitute; and why not this? Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver. And so, to repeat, it was in the Théatre St. Some might call it "sold."
She says she has a great penchant for the English; promises me to be at this ball. Come." "Hearty thanks, my dear Lemercier. I am at your service." The bal champetre was gay and brilliant, as such festal scenes are at Paris. A lovely night in the midst of May, lamps below and stars above; the society mixed, of course.
Treading softly, Maxine entered and crept into a seat opposite the trio, realizing, with an indifference that surprised her, that the woman was Lize of the Bal Tabarin and the Café des Cerises-jumelles. The music poured forth, a glittering stream of sound.
The sly Jules knows from her shaken voice the golden hoard is in danger. In a few moments he is by her side in the coupe. "Where to?" huskily asks the head-waiter. "To the 'bal de minuit. We can talk there." "Allons! au Jardin Bullier," he cries. Before the "fiacre" stops, Jules has an idea of the situation. Ah! a grand "coup." Jules is a genius!
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