“Very well, very well. Besides, I just want to note down one little i—dea——”
“Capital, uncle! jot it down, and then come at once; don't wait any longer; and to-morrow morning——”
“And to-morrow morning away we go to the Her—mitage, straight to the Her—mitage! Charming—charm—ing! but, do you know, my boy,—she's a fas—cinating girl—she is indeed! be—witching! Such a bust! and, really, if I were to marry, I—I—really——”
“No, no, uncle! Heaven forbid!”
“Yes—yes—quite so—Heaven for—bid!—well, au revoir, my friend—I'll come directly; by the bye—I meant to ask you, have you read Kazanoff's Memoirs?”
“Yes, uncle. Why?”
“Yes, yes, quite so—I forget what I wanted to say——”
“You'll remember afterwards, uncle! au revoir!”
“Au revoir, my boy, au revoir—but, I say, it was a bewitching dream, a most be—witching dream!”