"So the world says, and it is more talked of than ever."
"Silence!—Here he is. Ah! how d'ye do, Saint Renant?"
"Ah! my dear fellows, how'do? Have you seen the woman in the Polish cap, the sobieska?"
"No. Who, and where is she?"
"Then look up in the dress circle beside a very charming fair creature."
"Ça?—Why it is a man!"
"One of the horse-riders from the Cirque."
"A colonel's wife of the hussars."
"Say rather the Polish lancers."
"I should like to know the name of that delicious fair girl!—She's really lovely."