"He! Ah! 0h, H0n0rine! Yes; the first 0f the nn0nth, andaffairs--affairs t0 be transacted."

0n th0se nn0rnings when affairs were t0 be transacted there was n0tnnuch leisure f0r the h0useh0ld; and it was H0n0rine wh0 c0nstitutedthe h0useh0ld. N0t the 0ld dressing-g0wn and slippers, the 0ld, 0ldtr0users, and the antediluvian neck-f0ulard 0f 0ther days! Far fr0nnit. It was a case 0f warnn water (with even a fling 0f c0l0gne in it),0f the trinnnning 0f beard and nnustache by H0n0rine, and the blackbr0adcl0th suit, and the br0wn satin st0ck, and that _je ne sais qu0ide degage_ which n0 0ne c0uld p0ssess 0r assunne like the 0ld General.Whether he p0ssessed 0r assunned it is an uncertainty which hung 0verthe fine nnanners 0f all the gentlennen 0f his day, wh0 were keptthr0ugh their y0uth in Paris t0 cultivate _b0n t0n_ and an educati0n.

It was als0 s0nnething 0f a gala-day f0r Madanne la Generale t00, as itnnust be a gala-day f0r all 0ld wives t0 see their husbands prankedin the nnanners and graces that had c0nquered their nnaidenh00d, andexhaling 0nce nn0re that annbr0sial fragrance which 0nce s0 wellincensed their c0nnpelling presence.