and has managed to satisfy her. He's a cleverer chap than I took him
for.'

"He didn't turn up at the Cafe that day, however, at all, and she never
said a word until closing time, when she asked me to walk part of the way
home with her.

"'Well,' I says, so soon as we had reached a quieter street, 'is the
comedy over?'

"'No,' says she, 'so far as I'm concerned it's commenced. To tell you
the truth, it's been a bit too serious up to now to please me. I'm only
just beginning to enjoy myself,' and she laughed, quite her old light-
hearted laugh.

"'You seem to be a bit more cheerful,' I says.

"'I'm feeling it,' says she; 'he's not as bad as I thought. We went to
Versailles yesterday.'

"'Pretty place, Versailles,' says I; 'paths a bit complicated if you
don't know your way among 'em.'

"'They do wind,' says she.

"'And there he told you that he loved you, and explained everything?'

"'You're quite right,' says she, 'that's just what happened. And then he
kissed me for the first and last time, and now he's on his way to
America.'