Use the proper word, not your paunch.
M. PINGU
What a joy, sir, what a joy! It would soften a crocodile to tears and would please a scholar as well as a financier.
CRONIAMANTAL
Good-bye, gentlemen, I am your devoted servant. With your permission I will return in a few days. I feel that my play is not in proper shape yet.
André Dérain
[XII. LOVE]
On a spring morning, Croniamantal, following the instructions of the Bird of Benin, reached the Meudon woods and stretched himself out in the shade of a tree whose branches hung very low.