"Yes; does it surprise you?"
"A little, ma'am."
"And if you should find your friends there?"
"What do you say?"
"Your friends collected there, to celebrate your deliverance from prison! would you not be more agreeably surprised?"
"Can it be possible: M. Rudolph? Ah! is it true I go to see Madame
George? I cannot believe it."
"Yet a little patience—in fifteen minutes you will see her, and then you will believe."
"What I cannot comprehend," added Fleur-de-Marie, thoughtfully, "is that Madame George awaits me there, instead of at the farm."
"Always so curious, the dear—always so curious!"
"How indiscreet I am, ma'am!" said Fleur-de-Marie, smiling.