"Come, pick up your courage. We shall soon have finished it now."
"Go on!"
I began the fifth act. To my intense astonishment, although she wept much, it seemed to produce a less moving effect upon her than the others.
"Well?" I asked.
"Oh! it is splendid, I think, excellent!"
"That is not the truth: you do not like it, really."
"Yes, I do."
"No, you do not!"
"Well, then, do you honestly want my opinion?"
"Yes."