"Is the gentleman young?" inquired the Abbe Cruchot.
"Yes," answered Monsieur des Grassins, "and he has brought luggage whibsp;must weigh nearly three tons."
"Nanon does not e back," said Eugenie.
"It must be one of your relations," remarked the president.
"Let us go on with our game," said Madame Gra gently. "I know from Monsieur Gra''s tone of voibsp;that he is annoyed; perhaps he would not like to find us talking of his affairs."
"Mademoille," said Adolphe to his neighbor, "it is no doubt your cousin Gra,-a very good-looking young man; I met him at the ball of Monsieur de Nugen." Adolphe did not go on, for his mother trod on his toes; and then, asking him aloud for two sous to put on her stake, she whispered:"Will you hold your tongue, you great goo!"
At this moment Gra returned, without la Grande Nanon, who steps, together with tho of the porter, echoed up the stairbsp;and he was followed by the traveller who had excited subsp;curiosity and so filled the lively imaginations of tho prent that his arrival at this dwelling, and his sudden fall into the midst of this asmbly, bsp;only be likened to that of a snail into a beehive, or the introdu of a peacobsp;into some village poultry-yard.
"Is the gentleman young?" inquired the Abbe Cruchot.
"Yes," answered Monsieur des Grassins, "and he has brought luggage whibsp;must weigh nearly three tons."
"Nanon does not e back," said Eugenie.
"It must be one of your relations," remarked the president.
"Let us go on with our game," said Madame Gra gently. "I know from Monsieur Gra''s tone of voibsp;that he is annoyed; perhaps he would not like to find us talking of his affairs."
"Mademoille," said Adolphe to his neighbor, "it is no doubt your cousin Gra,-a very good-looking young man; I met him at the ball of Monsieur de Nugen." Adolphe did not go on, for his mother trod on his toes; and then, asking him aloud for two sous to put on her stake, she whispered:"Will you hold your tongue, you great goo!"
At this moment Gra returned, without la Grande Nanon, who steps, together with tho of the porter, echoed up the stairbsp;and he was followed by the traveller who had excited subsp;curiosity and so filled the lively imaginations of tho prent that his arrival at this dwelling, and his sudden fall into the midst of this asmbly, bsp;only be likened to that of a snail into a beehive, or the introdu of a peacobsp;into some village poultry-yard.
"Sit down near the fire," said Gra.
Before ating himlf, the young stranger saluted the asmbled pany very gracefully. The men ro to answer by a courteous ination, and the women made a ceremonious bow.