Date: 1862
This is not an open battle, but a secret ambuscade : 1 wish to be prepared for attack ; but it is not desir able I should seem to need such preparation."  Without waiting for a word of objection or reply, he turned away, He went up-stairs to talk to Madame Lascours ; he left her alone in his study to perform the office of a calculating machine .  The coffee Adele did not touch ; she was all fire, aU burning with eagerness to do her task and go up-stairs.