“Good-day, your highness, don’t forget that we are expecting you to a little dance on Monday evening.”
“Were you at the sermon at the Dominicans’ yesterday?”
“No; I was at the Sacred Heart, where my daughters are in retreat.”
“The next rehearsal for our charity performance is on Tuesday, at twelve, dear baron; pray be punctual.”
“The empress looked superb again.”
“Did you notice, Lori, how the Archduke Ludwig Victor kept sidling off to the divine Fanny?”
“Madame, j’ai l’honneur de vous présenter mes hommages.”
“Ah! c’est vous, marquis, charmée!”
“I wish you good-morning, Lord Chesterfield!”
“Oh! how are you? awfully fine woman, your empress.”