"Yes, monsieur."
"And there's a restaurant there now, where they have dancing? Pardon me, I ask simply for information, being a great lover of places where one can dine well—and enjoy one's self; and it's a long while since I have been in that neighborhood."
"In that case, you'll find great changes. Yes, monsieur; there is a restaurant now in Parc Saint-Fargeau, with a large garden where there's a pond. But it's no toy pond; it's big enough for a boat, and you can go rowing; it's quite big, and there's an island in it which you can row around if you're very careful, for the water's quite deep."
"You can be drowned in it," observed Mademoiselle Lucie.
"Oho! one has also the right to drown one's self, eh?"
"Why, yes! if you should fall into the water!"
"True. And there's a dance-hall, you say?"
"Yes, monsieur; one out-of-doors, and one inside for rainy days."
"Good; I see that everything is complete; and if, with all the rest, the cooking is good——"
"Very good; and they give you fine matelotes, because they catch the fish on the spot."