calling various kinds of timid songsters around it, and

Mariette, the Duc de Maufrigneuse, Florine, and Nathan. So you'll have

the four loveliest creatures ever seen behind the foot-lights; we'll

"It is enough to kill you to lead such a life!" cried old Cardot; "and

look at the broken glasses! What pillage! The antechamber actually

At this instant the wrathful old gentleman stopped short as if

magnetized, like a bird which a snake is charming. He saw the outline

of a form in a black coat through the door of the boudoir.

"Ah, Mademoiselle Cabirolle!" he said at last.