His memory served him well; he had been for ten minutes reciting the _Nouvelle Heloise_ to Miss Amanda, who was in ecstasies; he was delighted with his own courage, when suddenly the fair Franc-Comtoise assumed a glacial air.
Sa mémoire le servit bien ; depuis dix minutes, il récitait La Nouvelle Héloïse à Mlle Amanda, ravie, il était heureux de sa bravoure, quand tout à coup la belle Franc-Comtoise prit un air glacial.