The count looked at her as though he could not trust his ears; then he said, in a tremulous voice that broke into a childish sob, "It is all wonder! You are the Fairy they called you, the magician,—the—the—the"—
Robert opened the door and announced the Countess de Gramont and Mademoiselle de Merrivale.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
MADAME DE GRAMONT.
The countess entered the room casting disdainful glances around her.
Madeleine, who could not suspect the object of her visit, accosted her in astonishment.
"You, madame, beneath my roof; this is an unhoped-for condescension!"
"Do not imagine that I come to be classed among your customers, and order my dresses of you," returned the countess, disdainfully, and waving Madeleine off as the latter advanced toward her.