Mme. Mercadet Here comes our daughter. Julie, your father and I have something to say to you on a subject which is always agreeable to a young girl.
Julie
M. Minard has then spoken to you, father?
Mercadet M. Minard! Did you expect, madame, to find a M. Minard reigning in the heart of your daughter? Is not this M. Minard that under clerk of mine?
Julie
Yes, papa.
Mercadet
Do you love him?
Julie
Yes, papa.
Mercadet
But besides loving, it is necessary for a person to be loved.
Mme. Mercadet
Does he love you?
Julie
Yes, mamma!
Mercadet Yes, papa; yes, mamma; why don't you say mammy and daddy?—As soon as daughters have passed their majority they begin to talk as if they were just weaned. Be polite enough to address your mother as madame.