“And have you forgotten?”

“I have not. She is never out of my thoughts. I plan again.”

His sister sighed.

“She is then more beautiful than the Pompadour?” she asked meaningly.

Tracy turned his head.

“The Pompadour?”

“Ay! We heard you contrived to amuse yourself in a pretty fashion, Tracy!”

“Really? I had no idea people were so interested in my affairs. But ‘amuse’ is an apt word.”

“Ah? You were not then épris ?”