"How old?"
"Fifteen."
"But that is almost a woman! Why, I am but eighteen. One must be gay, that is all, and have a bit of a temper."
Seeing that the girl was recovering, she continued for a while her light tone. "And where do you live?"
"38 Rue Maugout."
"Impossible! Since when?"
"Two months."
"How curious! And I have never noticed you."
"I am not very big."