"Where did you get it?" he asked, quizzically.
"Monsieur! Go away!"
"I didn't know you'd been decorated, mademoiselle,—really,—Legion of Honor, too!"
"Bah! I must have given some man a good pull in the crowd," said she. "How provoking!"
"For him, doubtless, yes."
"To return to your affairs, Monsieur Jean," she said, grabbing the garments and proceeding to put them on with that insouciance begotten of studio life. "Have you any money?"
"With me? Not a sou!"
She slipped her hand down her neck and drew forth a small bag held there by a string and took from it a coin, which she tendered him.
"Here is a louis,—you may repay it when you can."
"Thank you, my child. But it is not necessary. I can get some money at the Crédit Lyonnais."