"The adjectives are ready, Madame, I give you my word."
"You give it so easily! How can I believe you?"
"It is so easy to give in such a case, when one has nothing disagreeable to say."
"Then you think me agreeable?"
"Eminently!"
"And charming?"
"Perfectly!"
"And beautiful?"
"How can you doubt it?"
"And in all other respects exactly like all the women in society to whom you repeat the same commonplaces every day of your life?"