A sudden flush rose under M. Riviere's sallow skin. \"I—I thought it your metropolis: is not the intellectual life more active there?\" he rejoined; then, as if fearing to give his hearer the impression of having asked a favour, he went on hastily: \"One throws out random suggestions—more to one's self than to others. In reality, I see no immediate prospect—\" and rising from his seat he added, without a trace of constraint:
A sudden flush rose under M. Riviere's sallow skin. \"I—I thought it your metropolis: is not the intellectual life more active there?\" he rejoined; then, as if fearing to give his hearer the impression of having asked a favour, he went on hastily: \"One throws out random suggestions—more to one's self than to others. In reality, I see no immediate prospect—\" and rising from his seat he added, without a trace of constraint:
