“Not I,”—and Dumoulin still spoke the truth—“the coachman has his orders.”
“Do you know all this is very funny, Ninny Moulin?”
“I believe you. If it were not funny, where would be the pleasure?”
“You are right.”
“Then you accept the offer? That is well. I am delighted both for you and myself.”
“For yourself?”
“Yes; because, in accepting, you render me a great service.”
“You? How so?”
“It matters little, as long as I feel obliged to you.”
“True.”