"Mind your own business!"
"This is my business!"
They got into a passion. Frederick interposed. The Vatnaz became very heated, and went so far as to uphold Communism.
"What nonsense!" said Rosanette. "How could such a thing ever come to pass?"
The other brought forward in support of her theory the examples of the Essenes, the Moravian Brethren, the Jesuits of Paraguay, the family of the Pingons near Thiers in Auvergne; and, as she gesticulated a great deal, her gold chain got entangled in her bundle of trinkets, to which was attached a gold ornament in the form of a sheep.
Suddenly, Rosanette turned exceedingly pale.
Mademoiselle Vatnaz continued extricating her trinkets.
"Don't give yourself so much trouble," said Rosanette. "Now, I know your political opinions."
"What?" replied t
