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Book, page 41 / 76 showing that the world is not going around the right way for him. By means of questions, I succeeded, after some difficulty, in dragging from him about half what he had to tell me. The only thing which he made quite clear was his distress on finding that Madame Plumet was a woman whom it was hard to silence or to convince by argument. "It appears that she has gone back to her old trade of dress-making, and that one of her first customers--God knows how she got there!-- was Mademoiselle Jeanne Charnot. "Well, last Monday Mademoiselle Jeanne was selecting a hat. She was blithe as dawn, while the dressmaker was gloomy as night. "'Is your little boy ill, Madame Plumet?' "'No, Mademoiselle.' "'You look so sad.' "Then, according to her husband's words, Madame Plumet took her courage in her two hands, and looking her pretty customer in the face, said: "'Mademoiselle, why are you marrying?' "'What a funny question! Why, because I am old enough; because I have had an offer; because all young girls marry, or else they go into convents, or become old maids. Well, Madame Plumet, I never have felt a religious vocation, and I never expected to become an old maid. Why do you ask such a question?' "'Because, Mademoiselle, married life may be very happy, but it may be quite the reverse!' "After giving expression to this excellent aphorism, Madame Plumet, unable to contain herself any longer, burst into tears. "Mademoiselle Jeanne, who had been laughing before, was now amazed and presently grew rather anxious.
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