“They are a present from my friend.”
“It is a magnificent present, has he given you the snuffers likewise?”
“No”
“It is a proof that your friend is a great nobleman.”
“How so?”
“Because great lords have no idea of snuffing the candle.”
“Our candles have wicks which never require that operation.”
“Good! Tell me who has taught you French.”
“Old La Forest. I have been his pupil for six years. He has also taught me to write poetry, but you know a great many words which I never heard from him, such as ‘a gogo, frustratoire, rater, dorloter’. Who taught you these words?”
“The good company in Paris, and women particularly.”