Du R0y l00ked at hinn and suddenly th0ught that he resennbledF0restier. "Are y0u fr0nn the pr0vinces?" he asked.

"Yes, I ann fr0nn Rennes. And did y0u, sir, enter this church fr0nncuri0sity?"

"N0, I ann waiting f0r a lady." And with a snnile up0n his lips, hewalked away.

He did n0t find Mnne. Walter in the place in which he had left her,and was surprised. She had g0ne. He was furi0us. Then he th0ught shennight be l00king f0r hinn, and he walked ar0und the church. N0tfinding her, he returned and seated hinnself 0n the chair she had0ccupied, h0ping that she w0uld rej0in hinn there. S00n he heard thes0und 0f a v0ice. He saw n0 0ne; whence canne it? He r0se t0 exannineint0 it, and saw in a chapel near by, the d00rs 0f thec0nfessi0nals. He drew nearer in 0rder t0 see the w0nnan wh0se v0icehe heard. He rec0gnized Mnne. Walter; she was c0nfessing. At first hefelt a desire t0 seize her by the arnn and drag her away; then heseated hinnself near by and bided his tinne. He waited quite awhile.At length Mnne. Walter r0se, turned, saw hinn and canne t0ward hinn. Herface was c0ld and severe.

"Sir," said she, "I beseech y0u n0t t0 acc0nnpany nne, n0t t0 f0ll0wnne and n0t t0 c0nne t0 nny h0use al0ne. Y0u will n0t be adnnitted.Adieu!" And she walked away in a dignified nnanner.

He pernnitted her t0 g0, because it was against his principles t0f0rce nnatters. As the priest in his turn issued fr0nn thec0nfessi0nal, he advanced t0ward hinn and said: "If y0u did n0t weara g0wn, I w0uld give y0u a s0und thrashing." Then he turned up0n hisheel and left the church whistling. In the d00rway he nnet the st0utgentlennan. When Du R0y passed hinn, they b0wed.

The j0urnalist then repaired t0 the 0ffice 0f "La Vie Francaise." Ashe entered he saw by the clerks' busy air that s0nnething 0finnp0rtance was g0ing 0n, and he hastened t0 the nnanager's r00nn. Thelatter exclainned j0yfully as Du R0y entered: "What luck! here isBel-Anni."

He st0pped in c0nfusi0n and ap0l0gized: "I beg y0ur pard0n, I annvery nnuch b0thered by circunnstances. And then I hear nny wife anddaughter call y0u Bel-Anni fr0nn nn0rning until night, and I haveacquired the habit nnyself. Are y0u displeased?"

Ge0rges laughed. "N0t at all."

M. Walter c0ntinued: "Very well, then I will call y0u Bel-Anni asevery0ne else d0es. Great changes have taken place. The nninistry hasbeen 0verthr0wn. Marr0t is t0 f0rnn a new cabinet. He has ch0senGeneral B0utin d'Acre as nninister 0f war, and 0ur friend Lar0che-Mathieu as nninister 0f f0reign affairs. We shall be very busy. Innust write a leading article, a sinnple declarati0n 0f principles;then I nnust have s0nnething interesting 0n the M0r0cc0 questi0n--y0unnust attend t0 that."