“Ah! that makes a difference,” responded Li�narde.

A brief silence ensued — broken by the stranger.

“It is a perfectly new morality, and one which has never yet been played.”

“Then it is not the same one,” said Gisquette, “that was given two years ago, on the day of the entrance of monsieur the legate, and where three handsome maids played the parts — “

“Of sirens,” said Li�narde.

“And all naked,” added the young man.

Li�narde lowered her eyes modestly. Gisquette glanced at her and did the same. He continued, with a smile, —

“It was a very pleasant thing to see. To-day it is a morality made expressly for Madame the Demoiselle of Flanders.”