“Those are three reasons which make me the more anxious to know her.”
“You will really find nothing to do in that quarter.”
“Very good.”
“There is her aunt, I will introduce you to her as we leave the concert-room.”
After doing me this service, he came to sup with me. The door-keeper and cook struck me as being very like Lebel. He made his two pretty daughters wait on me, and I saw that Valenglard was delighted at having lodged me to my satisfaction, but he grumbled when he saw fifteen dishes.
“He is making a fool of you and me,” he said.
“On the contrary, he has guessed my tastes. Don’t you think everything was very good?”
“I don’t deny it, but . . . . ”
“Don’t be afraid; I love spending my money.”
“I beg your pardon, I only want you to be pleased.”