By that means these two
found the plea they sought for quitting us, since neither could rest until
the other was convinced.
So down they went into that rose garden which methought was like to prove
their fool's paradise, and Yvonne and I were left alone. Then she also
rose, but as she was on the point of quitting me:
"Mademoiselle," I ventured, "will you honour me by remaining for a moment?
There is something that I would say to you."
With raised eyebrows she gave me a glance mingled with that
superciliousness which she was for ever bestowing upon me, and which, from
the monotony of it alone, grew irksome.
"What can you have to say to me, M. de Luynes?"
"Will you not be seated? I shall not long detain you, nevertheless--"
"If I stand, perchance you will be more brief. I am waiting, Monsieur."
I shrugged my shoulders rudely. Why, indeed, be courteous where so little
courtesy was met with?
"A little while ago, Mademoiselle, when M. de Mancini dubbed me a wizard
you were good enough to sneer. Now, a sneer, Mademoiselle, implies
unbelief, and I would convince you that you were wrong to disbelieve.
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