“No.”

“Then, how can you say it is trash?”

“It must be—it—is so—popular.”

“Will you go to see it?”

“That is not necessary.”

“But I want you to go with me to-morrow to see ‘Nana.’” And the charming lady on his right insisted so imperiously that he should go with her and several of the company who wished to be of the party, that he yielded, saying, however:

“On one condition.”

“What is it?”

“That you will go with me afterward, to the National Gallery and see some pictures I am sure you have never seen.”

“Some new ones?”