"It is very pretty!—Very pretty!"
"The decorations are charming."
"The fact is, that for a first piece—"
"For a man who knows nothing of the profession—"
"Oh! a soliloquy. I never listen to soliloquies, they are such bores."
"So I think."
"Well, then, to return to Octave. Well, you must know that he had seen Mademoiselle *** several times in her new character. You know the one I mean, in Scribe's play, and he fell in love with her—desperately in love."
"Parbleu!"
"He knew in the house of——"
"My dear Auguste, pray do listen a little: Gercourt is a friend."