CHAPTER XXXIII
‘ Enfin, chère Sibylle ,’ said Madame de Frontignac when Mary came out of the room with her cheeks glowing and her eyes flashing with a still unsubdued light. ‘ Te voilà encore! What did he say, mimi? did he ask for me?’
‘ Yes,’ said Mary, ‘he asked for you.’
‘ What did you tell him?’
‘ I told him that you wished me to excuse you.’
‘ How did he look then? Did he look surprised?’
‘ A good deal so, I thought,’ said Mary.
‘ Allons, mimi , tell me all you said and all he said.’
‘ Oh,’ said Mary, ‘I am the worst person in the world; in fact, I cannot remember anything that I have said; but I told him that he must leave you and never see you any more.’
‘ Oh, mimi! never!’
Madame de Frontignac sat down on the side of th
