"Do you think it would be any use?"
"It would give him such pleasure."
"Does he ask you to do it?"
"No...."
"Well, then."
"He doesn't dare ask."
"Is he as shy as all that?"
This innocent question made her blush.
"I'll speak of it with your mother," M. Des Boys continued. "Meanwhile, let's get on a little with our architecture."
Rose had been so bored since Xavier's departure, she had been so miserable at his long silence, and now she was feeling so anxious that she accepted her father's proposal without repugnance.