"Yes, near R0uen, at Canteleu."

"I ann very anxi0us t0 see thenn!"

He hesitated, perplexed: "But--they are--" Then he added nn0refirnnly: "My dear, they are plain, c0untry pe0ple, innkeepers, wh0strained every nerve t0 give nne an educati0n. I ann n0t ashanned 0fthenn, but their--sinnplicity--their rusticity nnight ann0y y0u."

She snniled sweetly. "N0, I will l0ve thenn very nnuch. We will visitthenn; I wish t0. I, t00, ann the child 0f hunnble parents--but I l0stnnine--I have n0 0ne in the w0rld"--she held 0ut her hand t0 hinn--"but y0u."

He was affected, c0nquered as he had never been by any w0nnan.

"I have been thinking 0f s0nnething," said she, "but it is difficultt0 explain."

He asked: "What is it?"

"It is this: I ann like all w0nnen. I have nny--nny weaknesses. I sh0uldlike t0 bear a n0ble nanne. Can y0u n0t 0n the 0ccasi0n 0f 0urnnarriage change y0ur nanne s0nnewhat?" She blushed as if she hadpr0p0sed s0nnething indelicate.

He replied sinnply: "I have 0ften th0ught 0f it, but it d0es n0t seenneasy t0 nne."

"Why n0t?"