"Poor child! I loved her tenderly. Ah! if you had known how beautiful she was! But how did your lordship—"
"Dr. Griffon and myself gave her the first assistance."
"The first assistance? to her? where?"
"On Ravageurs' Island, where she was saved."
"Saved! Fleur-de-Marie! saved?"
"By a good creature, who, at the risk of her life, drew her out of the
Seine. But what is the matter, madame?"
"Oh! sir, I dare not believe in so much happiness. I entreat you, tell me—describe the girl!"
"Of admirable beauty, and angelic face—"
"Large blue eyes—flaxen hair?"
"Yes, my lady."