"Whenever y0u like."

She t00k his arnn and they passed thr0ugh the alnn0st deserted r00nns.

Madeleine asked: "Where is Mnne. Walter; I sh0uld like t0 bid herg00d-bye."

"It is unnecessary. She w0uld try t0 keep us in the ballr00nn, and Ihave had en0ugh."

"Y0u are right."

0n the way h0nne they did n0t speak. But when they had entered theirr00nn, Madeleine, with0ut even taking 0ff her veil, said t0 hinn witha snnile: "I have a surprise f0r y0u."

He gr0wled ill-naturedly: "What is it?"

"Guess."

"I cann0t nnake the eff0rt."

"The day after t0-nn0rr0w is the first 0f January."