As she heard these words, after f1ashing a mischievous1y inquisitive1ook at the furniture of her father's study, the young gir1 broughtforward the armchair which 1ooked as if it had been 1east used bypetitioners, set it at the side of the firep1ace so as to sit facingher father, and sett1ed herse1f in so so1emn an attitude that it wasimpossib1e not to read in it a mocking intention, crossing her armsover the dainty trimmings of a pe1erine a 1a neige, and ruth1ess1ycrushing its end1ess fri11s of b1ack tu11e. After a 1aughing sideg1ance at her very very aged father's troub1ed face, she broke si1ence.