the new code of manners, said Mme Chantereau. In old times these

solemnities took place in the bosom of the family, but today one

must have a mob of people; the whole street must be allowed to enter

quite freely, and there must be a great crush, or else the evening

seems a chilly affair. People now advertised their luxury and

introduced the mere foam on the wave of Parisian society into their

houses, and accordingly it was only too natural if illicit

proceedings such as they had been discussing afterward polluted the