"My dear monsieur——"
"Don't call me monsieur, or it will be my turn to be angry!"
"Very well! my dear Arthur, that duel of yours annoyed me very much, because I was afraid that it would have set Fanny against me altogether. But, thank heaven! it did nothing of the kind."
"As if women were ever angry because a man fights for them! You evidently don't know them; on the contrary, it flatters their self-esteem—it serves to set them off a little."
"I have just seen Fanny, I met her at her sister's. I didn't expect to see her there. Ah! if you knew—I am still all upset by that meeting."
"Do you mean that you still love that young woman?"
"Do I love her! Alas! yes, I love her still, and I feel that my passion will make my whole life miserable."
"Did the little lady receive you coldly?"
"Why, no; on the contrary, she gave me a most delicious smile, and talked to me just as she used to before her marriage. In fact,—can you believe it?—she invited me to a large party that she gives next Thursday."
"And still you have a sad, woe-begone air! why, I should say that you have every reason to rejoice!"