Chapter 11

"That is what we have determined upon, monsieur le vicomte; but we thought it our duty to do nothing without your consent. Rely upon it that we will most gladly publish the handsome way in which you behaved towards everybody in the matter of our presentation. If we are the cause of the mischief, we are quite ready to redress it. "We are, and always shall be, "Monsieur le vicomte, "Your most humble and most respectful servants, "Wives DASTÉ, DURANTON, ANICHE." [Sidenote: the new Ministry.] I repl…