hear the unhappy girl calling him; he was too far away.

But the poor deaf man heard.

A profound sigh heaved his breast; he turned round; his heart was swollen with all the tears which he was swallowing; his convulsively-clenched fists struck against his head, and when he withdrew them there was a bunch of red hair in each hand.

The gypsy paid no heed to him. He said in a low voice as he gnashed his teeth, —

“Damnation! That is what one should be like! ‘Tis only necessary to be handsome on the outside!”

Meanwhile, she remained kneeling, and cried with extraor-dinary agitation, — “Oh! there he is alighting from his horse! He is about to enter that house! —