"What has happened to poor M. Bourguignon?" asked she. "He has just been taken away in a coach."
"Alas!" said Tapin, "we were far from expecting it. He was standing there talking, and was suddenly seized with apoplexy."
"Gracious heavens!"
"We are all mortal," said Tapin, throwing up his eyes.
"But why did they take the little girl?"
"To attend to her father—it is her duty."
"But the servant?"
"To cook for them."
"Ah, I could not understand it all, so I came to buy a pint of wine, though I did not want it, that I might find out."
"Well, now you know."