"The doctor had to bleed him this evening."
"Good Heavens! what is the matter with him?"
"He has been in a terrible state ever since yesterday."
"But why did you not warn me, my dear duchess?"
"Because up to the very last minute he declared that he was coming, though he did feel so badly."
"It is too bad! Mlle. de Beaumesnil may come at any moment, and you were to have taken possession of her immediately upon her arrival."
"I know it, so I am in misery—nor is this all."
"Why, what else is troubling you, my dear duchess?"
"I cannot exactly explain why, but I have some doubts as to my son's intentions."
"What an idea!"