"Nothing can be in worse taste than to applaud."
"All the club will be here."
"Then they will come in after dinner. That will be droll."
"Ah! there is the Turkish ambassador."
"Ah! and there is that nice Marquise de Luceval, who is displaying her neck to catch a glimpse of the ambassador, or be seen by him."
"Pardieu! and she who aims at every thing eccentric must have a great desire to coquet with this Turk."
"I hate that woman: she turns every thing into ridicule."
"And such a tongue!"
"Do you really think her so very pretty?"
"Why, why, she is nice and piquant, and her features are really good, but that's all."