“Tell me,” replied he, “what does she say? Is she less cruel?”
“Absence is equal pain, whether borne at Versailles or at Paris.”
“Oh, I thank you, but the proofs——”
“Proofs! Are you in your senses, monseigneur, to ask a woman for proofs of her own infidelity?”
“I am not speaking of proofs for a lawsuit, countess, only a token of love.”
“It seems to me that you are either very exacting or very forgetful.”
“Oh! I know you will tell me that I might be more than satisfied. But judge by yourself, countess; would you like to be thrown on one side, after having received assurances of favor?”
“Assurances!”
“Oh, certainly, I have nothing to complain of, but still——”
“I cannot be answerable for unreasonable discontents.”