"Make haste; the quadrille is almost over!"
"It is—it isn't an easy thing to tell.—Do you waltz, madame?"
"Yes, monsieur."
"May I have the first waltz?"
"I am engaged."
"Oh! what luck! If you knew, madame, what a position I am in!"
"Would you have told me your secret while we were waltzing?"
"Certainly."
"You will think that women are very inquisitive, but I accept. I was engaged by a young man whom I don't know; I'll tell him that I made a mistake and that he may have another one."
"Ah! you are extremely kind, madame!"