"Then what have you been about during your three marriages?"
"Excuse me ... does Monsieur want someone?"
"No."
"Monsieur wants something?"
"No."
"Well, for the past quarter of an hour Monsieur has been asking me question after question."
"Yes."
"What did you mean by these questions?"
"Nothing at all."
"What! nothing at all?... But surely Monsieur had some reason?"