"What do you mean by edified you?"
"You are right,—the language is a little too refined for you. I would say that the Chourineur nearly told me all that the tall gentleman in mourning, with his two thousand francs, required."
"Good."
"Not so good, young man; for the Chourineur, having yesterday morning met the Chouette, near St. Ouen, did not leave her for one moment, when the tall gentleman in mourning came up, so that he could not approach and converse with her. You, then, ought to put us in the way of regaining our two thousand francs."
"Nothing easier; but let us 'hark back.' I had proposed a glorious job to the Chourineur, which he at first accepted, but afterwards refused to go on with."
"He always had very peculiar ideas."
"But whilst he refused he observed to me—"
"He made you observe—"
"Oh, diable! You are very grand with your grammar."
"It is my profession, as a schoolmaster."