The cemetery is shut at
'
'The cemetery is shut at this hour.'
'_Allons_, leave madame alone,' said the man first spoken to. 'This way, my lady.'
Hortense seated herself in the stern of the boat. The man took the sculls.
'Straight across? ' he asked.
Hortense looked around her. 'It's a fine evening,' said she; 'suppose you row me out to the lighthouse, and leave me at the point nearest the cemetery on our way back.'
'Very well,' rejoined the boatman; 'fifteen sous,' and began to pull lustily.
'_Allez_, I'll pay you well,' said Madame.
'Fifteen sous is the fare,' insisted the man.
'Give me a pleasant row, and I'll give you a hundred,' said Hortense.
Her companion said nothing. He evidently wished to appear not to have heard her remark. Silence was probably the most dignified manner of receiving a promise too munificent to be anything but a jest.
For some time this silence was maintained, broken only by the trickling of the oars and the sounds from the neighboring shores and vessels.
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