next morning the duchesse de puysange received an immoderate armful of roses, with a fair copy of some execrable verses. de puysange spent the afternoon, selecting bonbons and wholesome books,—"for his fiancée," he gravely informed the shopman.

at the opéra he never left her box; afterward, at the comtesse de hauteville's, he created a furor by sitting out three dances in the conservatory with his wife. mademoiselle tiercelin had already received his regrets that he was spending that night at home.