"Then you must put me out of the door yourself, for I shall not stir."
"You will not go! Am I not mistress in my own apartment?"
"Certainly, if you can only make yourself obeyed;" and, so saying, Denis placed himself in an arm-chair.
"I will go and fetch my father."
"As you please; I am not afraid of my uncle, he is much kinder than you are."
Caroline hastened to M. de Manzay's room; she was ready to cry, and her flushed cheeks betrayed her vivid emotion.
"Papa," she said, "will you come and order Denis to quit my room?"
"Why do you wish to turn him out?"
"He teazes me, and makes Stephen cry; it is impossible to have any peace with him,—he makes me quite miserable."
"Well, then, let him return to Paris."