But the Vatnaz, having given Rosanette a prolonged embrace, came to beg of Hussonnet to revise, with a view to the improvement of the style, an educational work which she intended to publish, under the title of “The Young Ladies’ Garland,” a collection of literature and moral philosophy.
The man of letters promised to assist her in the preparation of the work. Then she asked him whether he could not in one of the prints to which he had access give her friend a slight puff, and even assign to him, later, some part. Hussonnet had forgotten to take a glass of punch on account of her.
It was Arnoux who had brewed the beverage; and, followed by the Comte’s groom carrying an empty tray, he offered it to the ladies with a self-satisfied air.
When he came to pass in front of M. Oudry, Rosanette
