"Oh! mon Dieu! you make me shudder, monsieur!"
"Look out for me when the waltz comes to an end—and I fancy that will be soon."
"But I don't want them to turn you out. You waltz so well—really, it would be a great pity."
"You are too kind, madame; however, if I am not taken under somebody's protection, it looks as if the affair would turn out badly for me."
"Mon Dieu! if only Frédérique were here! she would get you out of the scrape on the instant, I know."
"What! a lady named Frédéric?"
"Yes, monsieur—Frédéri—que."
"Ah! I understand, the feminine of Frédéric. And this lady?"
"She expected to come to Anna's wedding; she promised me she would; but she hasn't come."
"They are quickening the pace; a few turns more, and I shall be ignominiously expelled! What I shall regret most of all, madame, is you—who have been so indulgent to me, and whom it is impossible to see for an instant without ardently desiring to see you again."