"But accidents can always happen, madame," persisted Jules, adheringto his position.

The chandelier, a design of originality in its day, gave light by whatpurported to be wax candles standing each in a circlet of pendentcrystals. The usual chuckle of ecstatic admiration spread over Jules'sfeatures as he touched the match to the simulated wicks, and lightedinto life the rainbows in the prisms underneath. It sometimes was a chuckle thatdid not heighten the intelligence of his features, revealing as it didthe toothless condition of his gums.

"What will madame have for her dinner tomorrow," looking benignantlyat his mistress, and still standing under his aureole.