“As he talked about nothing but hotels, I took him to be the proprietor of one.”
Mlle. Cadet told Mme. Dawson what Cæsar had said, and she and her daughters were amused at his error.
X. A BALL
A little later than the real day, they got up a ball at the hotel in celebration of the French holiday Micarême.
When Cæsar was asked if he thought of going to the ball, he said no; but Mlle. de Sandoval warned him that if he didn’t go she would never speak to him again, and Mme. Dawson and the governess threatened him with like excommunication.
“But you know, these balls are very amusing,” said Mme. Dawson.
“Do you think so?”
“I do, and so do you.”
“Besides, an observer like you,” added Mlle. Cadet, “can devote himself to taking notes.”