“I have just left there.”
“All this, however, your beautiful eyes are saying plainly, does not explain what brings me here.”
“You are right, sir.”
“Will you not do me the favor to sit down, or I shall be obliged to get up also, and that is an uncomfortable way of talking.”
“Really, sir, you have very extraordinary manners.”
“Mademoiselle, I saw you just now at M. Mesmer’s, and found you to be all I could wish.”
“Sir!”
“Do not alarm yourself, mademoiselle. I do not tell you that I found you charming—that would seem like a declaration of love, and I have no such intention. I know that you are accustomed to have yourself called beautiful, but I, who also think so, have other things to talk to you about.”
“Really, sir, the manner in which you speak to me——”
“Do not get angry before you have heard me. Is there any one that can overhear us?”