(patting Florian’s cheek)

Their cheeks have not that pulpy softness which

One gets so weary of in womankind!

Their features are more marked,—and oh! their chins

(feeling his chin)

How curious!

Flori.I fear it’s rather rough.

Melissa. Oh, don’t apologize—I like it so!

But I forgot; my mother, Lady Blanche,

Is coming—and her eyes are very keen—