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The children were sent to bed Some went submissively; others with

shrieks and protests as they were dragged away They had been permitted

to sit up till after the ice-creaence

The ice-creaed

on platters in alternate slices; it had beenthe

afternoon back of the kitchen by two black woreat success--excellent if it had only

contained a little less vanilla or a little ree harder, and if the salt ht have been kept out of

portions of it Victor was proud of his achieve everyone to partake of it to excess

After Mrs Pontellier had danced tith her husband, once with

Robert, and once with Monsieur Ratignolle, as thin and tall and

swayed like a reed in the hen he danced, she went out on the

gallery and seated herself on the lo-sill, where she commanded a

view of all that went on in the hall and could look out toward the Gulf

There was a soft effulgence in the east Thea hts across the distant, restless

water