She took one, tasted them, and said: "They are delicious. I feel sure I
shall not leave one of them." Then she added, looking at George with
sensual merriment: "You flatter all my vices, then."
She slowly ate the sweetmeats, looking continually into the bag to see
if there were any left. "There, sit down in the armchair," said she,
"and I will squat down between your knees and nibble my bon-bons. I
shall be very comfortable."
He smiled, sat down, and took her between his knees, as he had had
Madame Walter shortly before. She raised her head in order to speak to
him, and said, with her mouth full: "Do you know, darling, I dreamt of
you? I dreamt that we were both taking a long journey together on a
camel. He had two humps, and we were each sitting astride on a hump,
crossing the desert. We had taken some sandwiches in a piece of paper
and some wine in a bottle, and were dining on our humps. But it annoyed
me because we could not do anything else; we were too far off from one
another, and I wanted to get down."