ear. Never had Florine or Manton, never had a lady's
maid of Marivaux, a more mischievous face, an eye more quick, a smile
more roguish, teeth more white, cheeks more roseate, figure more
coquettish, feet smaller, or form smarter, attractive, and enticing.
Though it was yet very early, Georgette was carefully and tastefully
dressed. A tiny Valenciennes cap, with flaps and flap-band, of half
peasant fashion, decked with rose-colored ribbons, and stuck a little
backward upon bands of beautiful fair hair, surrounded her fresh and
piquant face; a robe of gray levantine, and a cambric neck-kerchief,
fastened to her bosom by a large tuft of rose-colored ribbons, displayed
her figure elegantly rounded; a hollands apron, white as snow, trimmed
below by three large hems, surmounted by a Vandyke-row, encircled her
waist, which was as round and flexible as a reed; her short, plain
sleeves, edged with bone lace, allowed her plump arms to be seen, which
her long Swedish gloves, reaching to the elbow, defended from the rigor
of the cold. When Georgette raised the bottom of her dress, in order to
descend more quickly the steps, she exhibited to Frisky's indifferent
eyes a beautiful ankle, and the beginning of the plump calf of a fine
leg, encased in white silk, and a charming little foot, in a laced
half-boot of Turkish satin. When a blonde like Georgette sets herself
to be ensnaring; when vivid glances sparkle from her eyes of bright yet
tender blue; when a joyous excitement suffuses her transparent skin,
she is more resistless for the conquest of everything before her than a
brunette.

This bewitching and nimble lady's-maid, who on the previous evening
had introduced Agricola to the pavilion, was first waiting woman to
the Honorable Miss Adrienne de Cardoville, niece of the Princess Saint
Dizier.

Frisky, so happily found and brought back by the blacksmith, uttered
weak but joyful barks, and bounded, ran, and frolicked upon the turf.
She was not much bigger than one's fist; her curled hair, of lustrous
black, shone like ebony, under the broad, red satin ribbon which
encircled her neck; her paws, fringed with long silken fur, were of
a bright and fiery tan, as well as her muzzle, the nose of which was
inconceivably pug; her large eyes were full of intelligence; and her
curly ears so long that they trailed upon the ground. Georgette seemed
to be as brisk and petulant as Frisky, and shared her sportiveness,--now
scampering after the