"And you say that M. de Brévannes has only been in Paris for a short time?"
"What! still harping on De Brévannes? I'm off—D. I. O. Good night! Morville.—My cab is at the door."
"Morville is decidedly cracked."
"Yes, such fools do we become when we allow ourselves to be brutalised by the 'tender passion.'"
"Lady Melford has made nice work with him."
"Poor fellow! Ah! there is Gercourt, and he looks as if he wished to make his escape—to abscond from his triumph. What weakness!"
"Let us call him. Gercourt! Gercourt!"
"He will be overjoyed."
"Bravo! my dear friend."
"It is a decided hit."