"Then you bear me no ill will for obeying you."
"On the contrary, I couldn't be more grateful to you."
"Whatever happens?"
"Whatever happens."
"If I did say all that, it was because I was obliged to."
"Of course."
"And if, in my confusion, I said more than I meant to say, you will forgive me?"
"Not only will I forgive you, my dear, my divine Gervaise, but I do forgive you now in advance."
"Ah!" said Gervaise, with a sigh; "ah! bad boy, with such words as those you turned my head!"
From which it is easy to see that Gervaise had really been seduced.