your son Adolphe will find another rival in--"

"Not at all, monsieur l'abbe. This young man cannot fail to see that

Eugenie is a little fool,--a girl without the least freshness. Did you

notice her to-night? She was as yellow as a quince."

"Perhaps you made the cousin notice it?"

"Place yourself always beside Eugenie, madame, and you need never take

the trouble to say anything to the young man against his cousin; he

will make his own comparisons, which--"