Qui débûche à l'instant.
"And to-night a dinner of the sort that Lardin knows how to serve."—Lardin was his cook.—He hummed another hunting-song, La Bourbon:—
"La chasse, la vin, et les belles
C'était le refrain de Bourbon.
"But we must go and dress, my dear Landri, so that we may be on hand when they arrive, these 'belles'!"
"You see," said Chaffin to Landri in an undertone, as they left the dining-room behind the marquis, "you didn't speak to him, you couldn't. To-morrow you won't be able to any better. You felt it. I was sure you would. Look the situation in the face. You will do what I have advised. It's the only way. I shall wait forty-eight hours more before I tell him."
He walked away in the direction of his office before Landri had found a word to reply. He felt humiliated by
