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He seemed to have found a friend in the boundless desert, and, half-unconsciously, his mind reverted to his old sweetheart whom he had, in derision, nicknamed "Mignonne." This recollection of his youthful days suggested the idea of making the panther answer to this name, now that he began to admire with less fear her graceful swiftness, agility, and softness.
To the last detail Wycherley found her, as he phrased it, "mignonne et piquante," and he told her so. Lady Drogheda observed, "Fiddle-de-dee!" Lady Drogheda continued: "Yes, I am a fool, of course, but then I still remember Bessington, and the boy that went mad there "
I thought it likely enough that we might find it hard to get rid of him. But this was not so. After listening with gratification to our repeated thanks, he bowed with the same grotesque flourish, and marched off as grave as a Spaniard, humming "Ce petit homme tant joli! Qui toujours cause et toujours rit, Qui toujours baise sa mignonne, Dieu gard' de mal ce petit homme!"
Ripton, blotted behind the bosom, was only lucky in securing a higher degree of heat than was possible for the rest. "Are you cold?" she would ask, smiling charitably. "I am," said the mignonne, as if to excuse her conduct. "You always appear to be," the fat one sniffed and snapped. "Won't you warm two, Mrs. Mortimer?" said the naughty little woman. Disdain prevented any further notice of her.
"Pauvre mignonne!" she cried. But Mrs. Holt rebuked the nurse sharply, in French, a language with which neither Aunt Mary nor Uncle Tom was familiar. Fortunately, perhaps. Mrs. Holt's remark was to the effect that Honora was going to a sensible home. "Hortense loves her better than my own children," said that lady.
"Shall I tell you something, mignonne? We are going very soon." Her eyes shone, more blue than the frock she wore She stooped impulsively and touched his hand with her lips, then, as though she feared to anger him, drew quickly away. "Shall we go on the yacht?" she asked, eagerness half-suppressed in her voice. "Yes," said Saltash, and he spoke with finality, even with a certain grimness.
Not even then will they guess what has become of us, unless you find it in your heart to leave some little word for Alec. You will do that? You will save him from despair, from the torture of doubt " "Oh, Felix, spare me!" she sobbed convulsively. "But one must look squarely at the facts, mignonne. If you run away and give no sign, it can only be supposed that you have met with some evil fate.
"What is this passage about?" asked the Baroness, with some anxiety; "tell me." "I have a French translation, ma mignonne," said Madame; "you shall have it afterwards." "No! I detest reading," said the young lady, with an imperious air; "translate it to me at once."
'Mavis Clare' is mignonne and fair, 'is pretty, and knows how to dress besides, is a 'most independent creature, too; quite indifferent to opinions, All these things, as we learn from many sources, are true of Miss Corelli also.
"Oh!" said she, "that's your tutor, is it!" She eyed the young man as if she thought he must go far and fast. Ripton felt a push. "Look at that," said the bosom, fuming utter disgust. He was directed to see a manly arm round the waist of the mignonne. "Now that's what I don't like in company," the bosom inflated to observe with sufficient emphasis. "She always will allow it with everybody.
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