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One day at noon, shortly before the time for which Gaston had announced his return, a note was brought Francie from Mme. de Brecourt. It caused her some agitation, though it contained a clause intended to guard her against vain fears. "Please come to me the moment you've received this -- I've sent the carriage. I'll explain when you get here what I want to see you about. Nothing has happened to Gaston. We are all here. " The coupe from the Place Beauvau was waiting at the door of the hotel, and the girl had but a hurried conference with her father and sister -- if conference it could be called in which vagueness on the one side melted into blankness on the other. "It's for something bad -- something bad," Francie none the less said while she tied her bonnet, though she was unable to think what it could be.
Delia, who looked a good deal scared, offered to accompany her; on which Mr. Dosson made the first remark of a practical character in which he had indulged in relation to his daughter's alliance.