“Exactly.”
“I can give the young lady lessons every morning at nine o’clock at my own home.”
“No, do you come to her house, but at whatever hour you like. I will pay you, and I hope you will make her one of your best pupils. I must warn you, however, that she is not a novice.”
“I will call on her to-day, and to-morrow I will tell you what I can make of her; but I think I had better tell you my terms: I charge three Piedmontese livres a lesson.”
“I think that is very reasonable; I will call on you to-morrow.”
“You do me honour. Here is my address. If you like to come in the afternoon you will see the rehearsal of a ballet.”
“Is it not rehearsed at the theatre?”
“Yes, but at the theatre no on-lookers are allowed by the orders of the superintendent of police.”
“This superintendent of yours puts his finger into a good many pies.”
“In too many.”