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"I was about to tell Monsieur de Toqueville," put in Honora, wickedly, "that he must see your Institution as soon as possible, and the work your girls are doing." "Madame," said the Vicomte, after a scarcely perceptible pause, "I await my opportunity and your kindness." "I will take you to-morrow," said Mrs. Holt. At this instant a sound closely resembling a sneeze caused them to turn. Mr.
"I was about to tell Monsieur de Toqueville," put in Honora, wickedly, "that he must see your Institution as soon as possible, and the work your girls are doing." "Madame," said the Vicomte, after a scarcely perceptible pause, "I await my opportunity and your kindness." "I will take you to-morrow," said Mrs. Holt. At this instant a sound closely resembling a sneeze caused them to turn. Mr.
Monsieur de Toqueville lent Honora novels, which she read in bed; but being in the full bloom of health and of a strong constitution, this practice did not prevent her from rising at seven to take a walk through the garden with Mr. Holt a custom which he had come insensibly to depend upon. And in the brief conversations which she vouchsafed the Vicomte, they discussed his novels.
Monsieur de Toqueville lent Honora novels, which she read in bed; but being in the full bloom of health and of a strong constitution, this practice did not prevent her from rising at seven to take a walk through the garden with Mr. Holt a custom which he had come insensibly to depend upon. And in the brief conversations which she vouchsafed the Vicomte, they discussed his novels.
He was trying to read, but every once in a while would lay down his book and gaze protractedly at the house, stroking his mustache. The low song of the bees around the shrubbery vied with Mr. Holt's slow reading. On the whole, the situation delighted Honora, who bit her lip to refrain from smiling at M. de Toqueville.
And with such an accent!" "I have studied it all my life, Vicomte," she said, modestly, "and I had the honour to be born in your country. I have always wished to see it again." Monsieur de Toqueville ventured the fervent hope that her wish might soon be gratified, but not before he returned to France.
And with such an accent!" "I have studied it all my life, Vicomte," she said, modestly, "and I had the honour to be born in your country. I have always wished to see it again." Monsieur de Toqueville ventured the fervent hope that her wish might soon be gratified, but not before he returned to France.
Holt rattled her newspaper a little louder than usual, arose majestically, and addressed Mrs. Joshua. "Annie, perhaps you will play for us," she said, as she crossed the room, and added to Honora: "I had no idea you spoke French so well, my dear. What have you and Monsieur de Toqueville been talking about?"
Holt, at the far end of the room under the lamp, regarded Honora from time to time over the edge of the evening newspaper. In his capacity as a student of American manners, an unsuspected if scattered knowledge on Honora's part of that portion of French literature included between Theophile Gautier and Gyp at once dumfounded and delighted the Vicomte de Toqueville.
There may have been some truth in the quotation of the Vicomte as applied to her that she was destined to be loved only amidst the play of drama. If experience is worth anything, Monsieur de Toqueville should have been an expert in matters of the sex.
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