“ Vous ne voulez pas de moi pour voisin ,” he growled: “ vous vous donnez des airs de caste; vous me traitez en paria ;” he scowled. “ Soit! je vais arranger la chose! ” 155 And he set to work.

“ Levez vous toutes, Mesdemoiselles! ” 156 cried he.

The girls rose. He made them all file off to the other table. He then placed me at one extremity of the long bench, and having duly and carefully brought me my workbasket, silk, scissors, all my implements, he fixed himself quite at the other end.