eyes would wander in its direction, and she now never entered

Madame's room without remarking:

"It's strange that don't go. All the same, plenty of folk come in

Nana kept receiving the best news from Georges, who was by that time

already convalescent in his mother's keeping at Les Fondettes, and

she used always to make the same reply.

"Oh, hang it, time's all that's wanted. It's apt to grow paler as

As a matter of fact, each of the gentlemen, whether Foucarmont,