"Why cannot you greet me more warmly?" I asked.
"Because, like Marion Delorme, I am renewing my virginity."
"Impossible!"
"True, on my word of honour! I am becoming respectable."
"Ah! my dear, I mentioned making a revolution, here is another one. Who the devil caused this to come about?"
"Alfred de Vigny."
"Do you love him?"
"I cannot speak of it; I am mad over him!"
"What has he done to keep you to such good resolutions?"