After that day the same little business began again continually. On

twenty different occasions Nana, tragically furious, as only a

jilted woman can be ran off in pursuit of this sluttish creature,

whose flights were prompted by the boredom she suffered amid the

comforts of her new home. Nana began to talk of boxing Mme Robert's

ears; one day she even meditated a duel; there was one woman too

In these latter times, whenever she dined at Laure's, she donned her

diamonds and occasionally brought with her Louise Violaine, Maria