"Your husband, citoyenne, I hope, is frying me a bit of steak?"
"My man's with the army."
"A patriot, then."
"And there's no meat."
"An omelet will do."
"No eggs, no fish, no vegetables."
"Diable! that leaves nothing but bread and cheese."
"No bread, no cheese!"
"Mordieu, what am I going to lunch on?"