thinking of Eugenie. Charles, sent for the first time in his life into

the provinces, took a fancy to make his appearance with the

superiority of a man of fashion, to reduce the whole arrondissement to

despair by his luxury, and to make his visit an epoch, importing into

those country regions all the refinements of Parisian life. In short,

to explain it in one word, he mean to pass more time at Saumur in

brushing his nails than he ever thought of doing in Paris, and to

assume the extra nicety and elegance of dress which a young man of