they were all beginning to be
known, with a sigh and a smile,
“How life has changed! We all now
have cooks who can make a
soufflé.”
‘Hélène had her opinions; she did
not, for instance, like Matisse. She
said a Frenchman should not stay
unexpectedly to a meal,
particularly if he asked the servant
beforehand what there was for
dinner. She said foreigners had a
perfect right to do these things but
not a Frenchman, and Matisse had
once done it. So when Miss Stein
said to her, “Monsieur Matisse is
staying for dinner this evening,”