“To the Café de Paris, then.”
In half an hour we were set down at the restaurant.
CHAPTER XX.
LUCIEN’S appearance created quite a sensation in consequence of his remarkable likeness to his brother.
The news of Louis’ death had gone abroad—not, perhaps, in all its details, but it was known, and Lucien’s appearance astonished many.
I requested a private room, saying that we were expecting the Baron Giordano, and we got a room at the end.
Lucien began to read the papers carelessly, as if he were oblivious of everything.
While we were seated at breakfast Giordano arrived.
The two young men had not met for four or five years, nevertheless, a firm clasp of the hand was the only demonstration they permitted themselves.