"It was cherry color, and of velvet, I believe; something like those worn by the little broom girls."
"Like the Alsatians? it is very natural, since she is an Alsatian."
"You don't say so!"
"But I do! what is it that surprises you? The burnt child shuns the fire!"
"Chalamel! what relation between your proverb and this cap?"
"There is none."
"Why did you say it, then?"
"Because a benefit is never lost, and the dog is a friend of man!"
"Hold! If Chalamel opens his budget of proverbs, which mean nothing, we are in for it. Come, tell us what you know of this new servant."
"The day before yesterday I was out in the yard: she had her back toward one of the windows of the ground-floor."