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The young ladies began to stroll about the garden again, and I enjoyed their society until M. Pigeonneau's festival came to an end. Mr. Ruck did not take his departure for Appenzell on the morrow, in spite of the eagerness to witness such an event which he had attributed to Mrs. Church.
Some of these last, of course, were the pretty women who embellished the scene, and who, in the light of M. Pigeonneau's comprehensive criticism, appeared surprisingly numerous. He seemed bent upon our making up our minds as to which was the prettiest, and as this was an innocent game I consented to play at it. Suddenly M. Pigeonneau stopped, pressing my arm with the liveliest emotion.
"I don't believe in French compliments," remarked this young lady, presenting her back to the smiling old man. "Are you and Miss Ruck walking alone?" I asked of her companion. "You had better accept of M. Pigeonneau's gallant protection, and of mine."
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