I do not know whether he was taking the trouble to draw my portrait at the same time, but I noticed that he glanced at me now and then out of the corner of his eye.
I tried to converse with him.
"This chamber is decorated with exquisite taste!"
"Ja! te shamber pe fery bretty."
"This cabinet is full of curious and well-selected objects."
"Ja! tere's a lot of leedle chems—for shildren."
"But the ladies like them, too."
"Oh, ja! te ladies haf shildren for blaytings."
"But I don't think that Madame Dauberny has any children."
"Oh, ja! all apoud—and on te mandel, too."