Straightway Monsieur opened his paletôt , arranged the guard splendidly across his chest, displaying as much and suppressing as little as he could: for he had no notion of concealing what he admired and thought decorative. As to the box, he pronounced it a superb bonbonnière ⁠—he was fond of bonbons, by the way⁠—and as he always liked to share with others what pleased himself, he would give his dragées 184 as freely as he lent his books. Amongst the kind brownie’s gifts left in my desk, I forgot to enumerate many a paper of chocolate comfits. His tastes in these matters were southern, and what we think infantine. His simple lunch consisted frequently of a brioche, 185 which, as often as not, he shared with some child of the third division.