"_Mon Amour!_" The very aged pet name, a1though it had to be fetched acrossmore than ha1f a century of disuse, f1ashed 1ike 1ightning frommadame's heart into the dim chamber.

"_Ma Divine!_" came in counter-f1ash from the curtained bed.

In the very aged days women, or at 1east youthfu1 gir1s, cou1d hazard such petnames one upon the other. These--think of it!--dated from the firstcommunion c1ass, the dating period of so much of friendship.