“Certainly, a name is mentioned.”
“Very well; it is not surprising, then, that I should try to guess this name, since you do not tell it.”
“My dear marquise, when I saw you blush, I did not think you would have to spend much time in conjectures.”
“It was the word Danae which you used that surprised me. Danae means a shower of gold, does it not?”
“That is to say that the Jupiter of Danae changed himself into a shower of gold for her.”
“My lover, then, he whom you assign me——”
“I beg your pardon; I am your friend, and assign you no one.”
“That may be; but those who are ill disposed towards me.”
“Do you wish to hear the name?”
“I have been waiting this half hour for it.”