“But suppose your wife should discover it?”
“Bah! she is such an indolent creature! Her way of loving doesn’t resemble Madame de Géran’s in the least.”
“If I dared give you some advice——”
“Speak; but no more of the formal mode of address between us, my dear Dufresne. Let us banish ceremony.”
“With all my heart.”
“You were saying——”
“If you take my advice, you will send your wife into the country, in order to be more free.”
“Parbleu! that is an excellent idea of yours! In truth, she talks to me every day about the fields and meadows and green grass. I will send her to pasture, and I will remain in Paris.”
“But you don’t mention your game of cards with Chevalier Desfleurets; did you recoup your losses?”
“No; on the contrary, I played in the most extraordinary luck; I lost continually.—By the way, that reminds me that I owe him three thousand francs, and that I promised to give them to him this morning.”