Aurora waved her hand contemptuously and gasped.
"Did you see him? What kept you so long--so long?"
"Ask me nothing; I am so enraged with disappointment. He was gone to dinner!"
"Ah! my poor mother!"
"And I must go back as soon as I can take a little sieste. I am determined to see him this very day."
"Ah! my poor mother!"
CHAPTER XV
ROLLED IN THE DUST
"No, Frowenfeld," said little Doctor Keene, speaking for the after-dinner loungers, "you must take a little human advice. Go, get the air on the Plaza. We will keep shop for you. Stay as long as you like and come home in any condition you think best." And Joseph, tormented into this course, put on his hat and went out.