“M.——

“Monsieur and Madame Bonnaud, rentiers, have the honor to notify you of the marriage of their daughter, Mademoiselle Louise Clementine Bonnaud, with Monsieur Eusebe Martin.

“The nuptial benediction will be pronounced on the 27th instant, at eleven o’clock in the morning, in the Church of Marly-le-Roi.”

This notice was addressed to AdÉonne by Bonnaud, who, like a prudent father, wished to advise the cantatrice of the approaching nuptials, in case Eusebe had failed to do so, and thereby prevent the occurrence of an unpleasant scene at Marly-le-Roi. After having read the note, AdÉonne said to Marie Bachu, who had come to console her,—

“If Heaven did not appear to favor me so little, I would have a mass said for my happiness, which on that day will be buried.”

“Mine was long since entombed, and I am not yet dead,” was the response of Marie.