"Never fear, bourgeois; I won't mention you; I have no desire to force you to move again."
"You will do well."
"Ah! here are the lovers coming back at last!"
"Then I will go up to my room."
"And I am going to supper! I am not sorry for that."
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Six days after that evening, Monsieur de Brévanne returned to his rooms in Paris, bringing Georget and Pongo. Worthy Mère Brunoy, who enjoyed the country immensely and who was beginning to understand that her son was becoming reasonable enough to be able to do without her, had asked permission to remain at Nogent, where Georget had promised to go to see her twice a week.
On the day following his return to Paris, Monsieur de Brévanne went to see Violette and said to her:
"My dear child, I am going to give you an errand to do; it is not a dangerous one, for it is a bona fide lady to whom I am sending you."
"Oh! monsieur, when it's you who send me, I will go wherever you please."