"I trust not; it's the vent [wind] that blows through the mountains; the vent de Gastibelza."

"Just so. I am going to begin:

"'Quand on te propose——'

Ah! that won't go to the tune of the Famille de l'Apothicaire."

"That's strange; it ought to. Try some other tune."

"I think the Baiser au Porteur will do the business."

"Oh! how long it takes you to get started, my dear fellow!"

"I begin:

"'Quand on t'offre une promenade——'"

"Trum, trum, trum, traderi dera, troum, troum, troum."