“You are small for that age. Have you ever been to school?”
“Never, monsieur. It was the governess who taught me.”
“The governess—bah! Did she ever see a geography?”
“Geography, monsieur? What is that? Is it an animal?”
“Bah! What did she teach you?”
“The dance, and the drawing, and the embroidery, and the music—”
“The music?—can you sing?”
“A little, monsieur.”
“Sing me, then, a little song.”