Illustrations

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She had asked him to button her glove[ Frontispiece]
It was the bird who made the first dashfor liberty[ 5]
Monsieur Bouchard’s back and legs lookedabout seventy-five[ 7]
With an affectation of ease and debonairness,and told about the apartment nearthe Champs Élysées[ 11]
He stood on one leg, and softly whispered,“Houp-là!”[ 20]
Pierre, however, pretty soon solved the situationby putting his finger to the sideof his nose [ 28]
“I like the lively tunes they play at themusic halls across the street”[ 30]
“And the girls are permitted to come out intheir stage costumes to have an ice ora glass of wine”[ 45]
De Meneval pulled from his pocket a glitteringstring of diamonds[ 53]
“Ta, ta!” called out the graceless dog ofa captain[ 59]
She looked like one of those brilliant whitebutterflies whose lives are spent dancingin the sun[ 62]
“Does Captain de Meneval know of thesebills?” he asked significantly[ 72]
They went out like two sulky and disappointedchildren[ 91]
Monsieur Bouchard tried to reassure her—hertimidity was constitutional[ 98]
Monsieur Bouchard sank or rather fellinto a chair[ 100]
As Léontine and her husband sat oppositeeach other—each felt like acriminal[ 111]
Still, they really loved each other, andkissed affectionately[ 121]
And there on the arbor hung a cage witha parrot in it[ 131]
A flock of girls, each escorted by a youngman, generally an officer[ 133]
Monsieur Bouchard entered with an airof affected jauntiness[ 135]
At that very moment Léontine and deMeneval were watching him[ 138]
Papa Bouchard stuck pretty close to thechampagne[ 146]
Madame Vernet had not the slightest objectionto be left in charge of this good-lookingyoung officer[ 158]
He took a seat close to where MadameVernet was standing[ 163]
The police officers seized him and draggedhim out[ 171]
“Go to the devil!”[ 179]
All three of them bolted for the exit to thegarden[ 185]
Élise had that evening found her opportunityto go round to the Rue Bassano[ 198]
And drove rapidly home[ 200]
In the middle of the room was spread atable, with preparation for an elaboratesupper[ 203]
To tiptoe and actually chuck old P. M. P.under the chin[ 208]
Léontine would motion as if to chuck himunder the chin[ 214]
Dragging in an elderly gentleman by mainforce and his coat tails[ 218]
Papa Bouchard, much alarmed, ran fromone to the other[ 220]
“O-o-o-oh!” shrieked the three impishgirls in chorus, “what an outrageousproposition!”[ 224]
His ruddy complexion turned a sicklygreen[ 226]
She sang[ 230]
She even danced[ 231]
“I am your own true, devoted Léontine”[ 234]
The door was burst open and in rushedPierre, pale and breathless[ 242]
With much discretion, ranged themselvesprimly on a sofa[ 244]
“Paul, stop those shocking demonstrations”[ 246]
She clutched a flower pot and a gold-headedstick[ 247]
Major Fallière ceremoniously offered herhis arm[ 251]
Folding his arms and turning up thewhites of his eyes[ 255]
Forcing the cage door open with almosthuman intelligence, flew out[ 257]
“Free! Free! gay dogs are we!”[ 260]

Papa Bouchard