"A three-act drama in verse."
"Entitled?"
"Mathieu Luc."
"And they have refused it?"
"No, they have accepted it, subject to correction."
"Did they point out what corrections they wanted?"
"Yes; the piece is too long."
"And they demand curtailment?"
"Exactly! and I have come to read it to you."
"So that I may point them out to you?"