"Oh! I beg your pardon. We don't go so fast."
"But I should say that you go at quite a good pace. If the young lady should prove cruel, I should be much surprised."
"I trust that she won't be to-morrow."
"Ah! you are to see her again to-morrow?"
"Yes, we dine together; we have made the appointment, it's all arranged."
Frédérique abruptly sprang to her feet and walked to the window. She remained there some time. When she came back to me, I was surprised at her pallor.
"Do you feel ill?" I asked, hastening to meet her.
"No; I—I—was looking at the weather. Well! so you really have ceased entirely to think of Armantine?"
"What has induced you to mention that lady to me? What idea have you in your head?"
"A perfectly natural one. I am still surprised to find that you have forgotten her. Do you know that she has left Passy?"