"Will you give me five minutes?"
"Not a minute longer."
"You're too good.... I'll try...."
"Don't talk so much.... What, that cupboard too? Why, it's empty!"
"There are some letters, for all that."
"Old bills."
"No, a bundle done up in ribbon."
"A pink ribbon, is it? Oh, Ganimard, don't untie it, for heaven's sake!"
"Are they from a woman?"
"Yes."