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"The day after you had been introduced to ht you would have received me very badly if I had come to see

you"

"Why?"

"Because I had behaved so stupidly"

"That's true And yet you were already in love withto bed and sleeping quite

comfortably One knohat that sort of love means"

"There you are , after the

Opera Comique?"

"No"

"I waited for you at the door of the Cafe Anglais I followed the

carriage in which you and your three friends were, and when I saw you

were the only one to get down, and that you went in alone, I was very

happy"

Marguerite began to laugh

"What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing"

"Tellat ht have I to be cross?"

"Well, there was a sufficient reason why I went in alone"