"In this quarter they are cheapest."
"Then let it be in the quarter."
"Voilà! Now that's all right." A remark which may have equally applied to his affairs or to the putting on of her shoes.
"A very simple appartement will serve," he observed, when she sounded him on his idea of cheapness.
"There is a lovely one de garçon next door to me, but it is dear. It is a little parlor, bedroom, and kitchen. And this is a quiet house, monsieur."
"Good! I like quietude, and——"
"Oh, it is a very quiet place," she assured him.
"This appartement,—dining-room?"
"No! What does a man alone want with a dining-room? Let him eat in the parlor."
"Yes, that would be luxury," he admitted.