"Yes, if Henri and Margot had been an ordinary, commonplace couple."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that Henri is no fool."
"Oh!"
"And that he guessed."
"Guessed what?"
"That you wished to make him quarrel with his wife."
"That was clear."
"Yes; but what was less clear was your object in doing so."
"Ah! diable! the object—"