“Yes, madame, thirteen months ago.”
“You must be very happy! for you were very much in love with her, and she loved you dearly too.”
“Yes, madame.”
“Have you any children?”
“What a foolish creature!” said Ernest; “do you suppose that they have had six or seven in thirteen months?”
“I mean a child.”
“Yes, I have had a little daughter for two months and a half.”
“Ah! you are luckier than we are. I should like so much to have a child; and since my miscarriage—But this time I have hopes.”
And the little woman glanced at Ernest with a smile; he smiled back at her, saying:
“Are such things mentioned before people?”