“In nothing, monseigneur,” she said.
“How! in nothing? Pray be frank.”
“I cannot be more frank than I am.”
“You were complaining just now.”
“Certainly, I complain.”
“Well, then?”
“Well, then, monseigneur, I see that you wish to bestow charity on me.”
“Oh, madame!”
“Yes, sir, I have taken charity, but I will do so no more. I have borne great humiliation.”
“Madame, you are wrong, there is no humiliation in misfortune.”