"Comment? Le bordeaux avec le rose pâle.... Oh, mais quand c'est fait par une française, par une bonne faiseuse, ... c'est délicieux comme mélange." ...
"And so yesterday I went to the exhibition." ...
"What did you think of the exhibition?"
"Oh dear, how we laughed!... We go in and whom do we meet...."
"Et tous les soirs elles vont aux îles. Et tous les soirs c'est la même chose. C'est triste." ...
Mimotchka is met with inquiries about her health. Mamma informs her nearest neighbours that they have only just come from Variashski's.
"How can you have any confidence in Variashski?" says Aunt Mary in horror, as she shakes the ash off her cigarette. "He simply murdered a friend of mine. She died under the knife. And afterwards it appeared that there Was no need at all of an operation.... It was all a mistake." ...
"You're mixing it up, Mary. You told us that story of Lisinski."
"Really? Well, perhaps. It's all the same. One's as bad as the other."
"Why don't you try homœopathy?" says a homœopathic lady. "I am sure it Would do your daughter good; especially in cases of nervous illnesses." ...