" "_Enfant terrible, enfant terrible!_" repeated Betsy.

" But here they are.

" They heard the sound of steps and a man's voice, then a woman's voice and laughter, and immediately thereafter there walked in the expected guests: Sappho Shtoltz, and a young man beaming with excess of health, the so-called Vaska.

It was evident that ample supplies of beefsteak, truffles, and Burgundy never failed to reach him at the fitting hour.