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Then he turned to the nursery governess with: "Are you quite satisfied with Raoul, Mademoiselle Bertha?" Mademoiselle Bertha became as red as a peony at being addressed, as if the question were scarcely comme il faut, and replied by a little imbecile snigger, which seemed fully to satisfy M. Godefroy's curiosity about his son's conduct. "It's fine to-day," said the financier, "but cold.

François Coppée - The Lost Child