"Ought I not, in truth, reproach you for doing so much for me—for me, who can do nothing but thank you?"
"An error, sir; for I am also as happy from my visits as you are. So I must, in my turn, thank you. Ah! ah! there is where I have caught you, Master Unjust. I have half a mind to punish you for your wicked ideas, by not giving you what I have brought."
"Another kindness! how you spoil me!—oh! thank you. Pardon me if I repeat so often this word, which you dislike!—but you leave me nothing else to say."
"In the first place, you do not know what I have brought."
"What is that to me?"
"Well, you are polite!"
"Whatever it may be, does it not come from you? Your touching kindness, does it not fill me with gratitude, and——"
Germain could not finish, but cast down his eyes.
"And with what?" asked Rigolette, blushing.
"And with—and with devotion," stammered Germain.