"Why, in desperate cases any means are worth trying."
"To Saint-Cloud, then!"
"To Saint-Cloud!"
"That devil of an Oudard is a long time bringing me the duke's answer," Laffitte murmured impatiently.
"Perhaps," replied Béranger, "the duke is somewhat long in giving it him...."
[1] See l'Histoire de dix ans, by Louis Blanc.