"Very different from Madame de Longpré, who is just entering her box! There is a really lovely woman."
"She's with that silly little doll Madame Dinville."
"Oh! that simpleton always hooks in with some fashionable woman."
"Talking of Madame de Longpré, where can Maubray be?"
"Just entering their box.—Can Monsieur de Longpré do without him?"
"Unfortunate Longpré!"
"And there is Mademoiselle Dumoulin with her baron. How handsome she is! You must confess that there are very few women like her in society."
"True."
"It is much less wearying, much more convenient. One need not be at any trouble, and is not compelled to make any display of attention."
"No doubt; but men are so weak—vanity will predominate."