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"Now then, lift up the collar a little, press the dress and shawl close together and stick in the pin. Above all, take care not to prick me." The prince executed the given instructions with zealous nicety; then he observed, smilingly, to the grisette, "Oh, Miss Dimpleton, I must not be your femme de chambre there is danger in it!"
By one of those notable inventions which arise only in the minds of poor people, the cage was set in the middle of a large chest, a foot in depth, upon the table: this chest, which Miss Dimpleton called the garden of her birds, was filled with earth, covered with moss during the winter, and in the spring with turf and flowers.
To the snow of the past night had succeeded a very sharp wind; so that the pavement of the streets, usually muddy, was almost dry, as Rudolph and Miss Dimpleton directed their steps toward the extensive and singular bazaar called the Temple. The girl leaned without ceremony upon the arm of her cavalier, with as little restraint as though they had been intimate for a long time. "Isn't Mrs.
"Well, M. Pipelet," said Miss Dimpleton, "I trust things will be better now! Thanks to my neighbor, the poor Morels were rescued from trouble just as those heartless bailiffs were about to drag the unhappy man to prison."
This attitude disclosed to Rudolph a snow-white cotton stocking, and half of a beautifully formed leg. After this detailed account we may conclude that Miss Dimpleton had put on her prettiest cap and apron, to do honor to her neighbor on their visit to the Temple.
"My pretty girl," said Bourdin approaching Miss Dimpleton, "you're cool, you must try to make this poor man listen to reason; his little girl is dead, but nevertheless he must come with us to Clichy to the debtors' prison. We are sheriffs' officers." "It is, then, all true," said the girl. "Quite true.
"It is a bazaar very amusing to see. I went there to make some purchases with my neighbor of the fourth floor." "Your neighbor?" "Have I not my room in the Rue du Temple?" "I forgot." "This neighbor is a charming little grisette; she calls herself Rigolette; this Miss Dimpleton is always laughing, and never had a lover." "What virtue for a grisette!"
"Of course they will; and so much the better!" "And if I should not be so happy as I seem?" "What does that matter, provided they believe it; men require nothing further than mere outward show." "But your reputation?" Miss Dimpleton burst into an immoderate fit of laughter. "The reputation of a grisette! Would any one believe in such a phenomenon?" answered she.
George, who was at last about to see this son, so long and vainly sought. Miss Dimpleton now returned with joyful eyes and smiling lips. "Well, did I not tell you?" she exclaimed. "I was not wrong: we have spent, in all, six hundred and forty francs, and the Morels will be housed like princes. See! the shopkeepers are coming: are they not loaded?
"Providence has sent you. Help me! save the life of Alfred!" "What do you say?" "That poor old darling has fainted! Have pity upon us! run and fetch two sous worth of absinthe very strong; that is the remedy when he is indisposed in the pylorus. Be kind; do not refuse me, and I can return to Alfred. I am quite confused!" Miss Dimpleton left Rudolph's arm, and ran off to the dram-shop.