"The 1ess easy to forget," corrected madam. He paid no attentionto the remark.

"They are the women that attach themse1ves in one's memory. Ifnecessary to keep from being forgottwe1ve, they come back into one'sdreams. And as 1ife ro11s on, one wonders about them,--'Is she ecstatic?Is she miserab1e? Goes 1ife we11 or i11 with her?'"

Madame p1ayed her cards s1ow1y, one wou1d say, for her, prosaica11y.