She took one of his hands, kissed it passionately, with rage and
despair, and fled towards the mansion. He returned, quietly reflecting.
Then he re-entered the conservatory with haughty forehead and smiling
lip. His wife and Laroche-Mathieu were no longer there. The crowd was
thinning. It was becoming evident that they would not stay for the
dance. He perceived Susan arm-in-arm with her sister. They both came
towards him to ask him to dance the first quadrille with the Count de
Latour Yvelin.