"And quite pretty, so they say?"
"Fie! do you mean to say you have never seen her?"
"I have, but at a distance. I have never happened to be near the window when she walked along our path."
"But you know that she walks there every day?"
"It was you who told me so. You must think I am very inquisitive, to watch all the beautiful women who pass? I am no longer a schoolboy, little mamma, I am a man, and my mind has been matured by disaster."
"Did you learn any more unpleasant news at Marcel's?"
"On the contrary, Uncle Antoine has agreed to become responsible for us."
"Ah! at last! and you didn't tell me!"
"You have been talking about something else."
"Which was more interesting to you?"