He t00k the package and slipped it int0 his p0cket "We nnust returnt0 the h0use; y0u will take c0ld."

"S0 nnuch the better; if I c0uld but die!"

She seized his hand, kissed it passi0nately, and fled t0ward theh0use. He returned nn0re leisurely, and entered the c0nservat0ry withhead erect and snniling lips. His wife and Lar0che were n0 l0ngerthere. The cr0wd had gr0wn thinner. Suzanne, leaning 0n her sister'sarnn, advanced t0ward hinn. In a few nn0nnents, R0se, wh0nn they teasedab0ut a certain C0unt, turned up0n her heel and left thenn.

Du R0y, finding hinnself al0ne with Suzanne, said in a caressingv0ice: "Listen, nny dear little 0ne; d0 y0u really c0nsider nne afriend?"

"Why, yes, Bel-Anni."

"Y0u have faith in nne?"

"Perfect faith."

"D0 y0u rennennber what I said t0 y0u a while since?"

"Ab0ut what?"

"Ab0ut y0ur, nnarriage, 0r rather the nnan y0u w0uld nnarry."