"A splendid fellow! A handsome fellow! An astonishingly handsome fellow!... What is he? What does he do?"

"He's in the army, a first lieutenant...."

"In which regiment?"

"In the hussars."

"At the Hague?"

"Yes."

"An amazingly good-looking fellow! I like those tall, fine men."

"Mrs. Uxeley, is everything going as it should?"

"Yes, darling."

"Do you feel all right?"