The  party  from  the  Villa  Planat  set  out  on  foot,  so  as  not
to  betray  the  rank  of  the  personages  who  were  about  to  honor
the  ball  with  their  presence.  They  dined  early.  And  the  month
of  May  humored  this  aristocratic  escapade  by  one  of  its  finest
evenings.  Mademoiselle  de  Fontaine  was  quite  surprised
to  find  in  the  rotunda  some  quadrilles  made  up  of  persons
who  seemed  to  belong  to  the  upper  classes.    Here  and  there.
