"You insist on drinking champagne?"
"Most certainly."
"Very good, if you insist on it! We might well have been content with this claret, which is perfect."
"But what is the meaning of this virtuous conduct? what revolution has taken place in you? who has wrought this miracle?"
"Who? Don't you suspect?"
"Faith, no!"
"Well, it was you, my dear Gustave."
"I? Nonsense!"
"It's the truth, none the less. Twice now, you have obliged me; and with such tact, such generosity——"
"Oh! I beg you——"