"You don't want to go back and live in the fields, do you?" said
Jean-Jacques when they were alone.
"Why do you ask me that?" she said, looking at him.
"To know—" replied Rouget, turning the color of a boiled lobster.
"Do you wish to send me back?" she asked.
"No, mademoiselle."
"Well, what is it you want to know? You have some reason—"
"Yes, I want to know—"
"What?" said Flore.
"You won't tell me?" exclaimed Rouget.
"Yes I will, on my honor—"