of dress.”
“Indeed,” said the major, regarding himself with an air of complete satisfaction.
“Yes. It may be worn at Via Reggio; but that costume, however elegant in itself, has long been out of fashion in Paris.”
“That’s unfortunate.”
“Oh, if you really are attached to your old mode of dress; you can easily resume it when you leave Paris.”
“But what shall I wear?”
“What you find in your trunks.”
“In my trunks? I have but one portmanteau.”
“I dare say you have nothing else with you. What is the use of boring one’s self with so