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All that was said so naturally that the tears cauerite," I replied, pressing her hands lovingly, "you

knew that one day I should discover the sacrifice you had made, and that

the er"

"But why?"

"Because, my dear child, I can not allow your affection for me to

deprive you of even a trinket I too should not like you to be able,

in a moment when you were bored or worried, to think that if you were

living with somebody else those moments would not exist; and to repent,

if only for awith me In a few days your horses,

your diamonds, and your shawls shall be returned to you They are as

necessary to you as air is to life, and it may be absurd, but I like you

better showy than sier love me"

"Foolish creature!"

"If you loved me, you would let me love youin me a woman to whom luxury is

indispensable, and whoed to pay You are

ashamed to accept the proof ofme some day, and you want to put your disinterestedness

beyond risk of suspicion You are right, uerite made a motion to rise; I held her, and said to her: "I want you to be happy and to have nothing to reproachto be separated!"

"Why, Marguerite, who can separate us?" I cried