"True, all has gone well so far; but ..."
"But what, come, my big bow-wow! Oh! I do love you for giving me such a fine part!"
"Did you see the society women, eh?"
"No."
"What did they say of me?"
"But I did not see them ..."
"You will see them?"
"Oh yes."
"Then you will repeat what they say ... but frankly, mind."