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There was Villon, Marmon, Gabriel, and Gouloir, and all their sons; and they all said the same at the last, 'Mon grand homme de Calvaire bon soir! Then there was little Jean, the pretty little Jean. He could not row a boat, but he could ride a horse, and he had an eye like me. Ha, ha! I have seen them all say good-night.
Morris, who was about to explain more at length the advantages of such a career for the young prince, when the conversation was interrupted by the lackey at the door announcing the arrival of Madame la Comtesse de Flahaut. At the name the Duchess threw a meaning look at Mr. Morris. "Enfin! J'ai fait venir Madame de Flahaut ce soir.
The latter got up and sauntered towards him. "Bon soir, Monsieur Lefévre," he said carelessly. "We have a little account to settle, you and I, is it not so?" Fat Monsieur Lefevre rose gallantly to the occasion. He bowed Emile into the room, locked the door by which they had entered, and with another bow and a muttered apology scuttled through the passage into the back regions.
I sank down on the straw they had prepared for me, and never was couch of down more grateful to a luxurious man than this poor pallet to me. La Croissette viewed the whole party with keenness, then, putting his bottle to my lips, said, "Take this; there's a little left." Whatever it was, it revived me; and then he nodded, said "Bon soir," and went away.
She used to give me a sugar-cake when I said 'Bon soir, bonne maman, with the right accent, and no one made sugar-cake like hers. She always wore at her girdle a string of little yellow shells, which she desired to have buried with her. We children were never weary of hearing how they had been the only traces of her or of her daughter that her husband could find, when he came to the ruined city.
He would come for her in a few minutes. She was wondering very much how exactly she would appear to him, how old, how good-looking or plain. She had tried, with Cecile's help, to look her very best. Cecile had declared the result was a success. "Miladi est merveilleusement belle ce soir, mais vraiment belle!" But a maid, of course, would not scruple to lie about such a matter.
It is not so here, for the two great factors of success in America, wealth and learning, do not always fit a man for society, and still less does society adapt itself to them. The soir,e, if properly conducted, is an entertainment to which can be brought the best elements of our society: elderly, thoughtful, and educated men.
"Bon soir, Madame," he cried gayly, with a bow; "diable, they are already at it, I see, and the punch in the bowl. I will win back to-night what I have lost by a week of accursed luck." "Monsieur your father has relented, perhaps," said Madame, deferentially. "Relented!" cried the young man, "not a sou. C'est egal!
"He said also," I continued, "'Tell Babette I weep with her." She was very still and dazed; her fingers went to her white lips, and stayed there for a moment. I never saw such a numb misery in any face. "And last of all, he said, 'Ah, mon grand homme de Calvaire bon soir!"
Viens demain soir, je t'attendrai at eight o'clock, Passage des Panoramas. My Sir is at his country. "Adieu a demain. "Fifine. "Samedi." I shuddered as I walked through this very Passage des Panoramas, in the evening. The girl was there, pacing to and fro, and looking in the countenance of every passer-by, to recognize Attwood.
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