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However , whenever the sun peeped out from behind the clouds , the dripping greenery soon dried ; pearls hung from each little blossom of the lilac trees ; and under the elms big drops fell splashing on the ground . `` At last I 've arranged it ; it will be on Saturday , '' said Madame Deberle one day . `` My dear , I 'm quite tired out with the whole affair . Now , you 'll be here at two o'clock , wo n't you ? Jeanne will open the ball with Lucien . '' And thereupon , surrendering to a flow of tenderness , in ecstasy over the preparations for her ball , she embraced both children , and , laughingly catching hold of Helene , pressed two resounding kisses on her cheeks . `` That 's my reward ! ''