"Then you'll stay with us, won't you? When the children have gone to bed, we'll play a game of loto."
"That is a very seductive prospect."
"You shall draw the numbers."
"You will see how well I do it!"
At that moment, Madame Duponceau's servant rushed into the dining-room and exclaimed in dismay:
"O madame! madame! if you knew!"
"What is it, then, Françoise, for heaven's sake? You frighten me!"
"There's reason enough!"
"Is the house on fire?"
"Is it robbers?"