“here is a charming creature!

What think you of her, fair cousin?”

This remark, which a more delicate admirer would have uttered in a lower tone, at least was not of a nature to dissipate the feminine jealousies which were on the alert before the gypsy.

Fleur-de-Lys replied to the captain with a bland affectation of disdain; — “Not bad.”

The others whispered.

At length, Madame Aloise, who was not the less jealous because she was so for her daughter, addressed the dancer, — “Approach, little one.”

“Approach, little one!” repeated, with comical dignity, little B�rang�re, who would have reached about as high as her hips.