"And you couldn't send me word?"
"I have been to your house several times. You are always out."
"You might have written me a line."
"But I could not guess that you were so anxious to see Gustave, after your treatment of him."
"Oh! my dear girl, I beg you not to bore me by going all over that! What has passed is a dream; but what has not been done may still be done."
"I don't understand you."
"I understand myself, and that's enough. How is Gustave now? still sad and depressed?"
"Oh! not at all. He is cheerful and light-hearted; he's not the same man. You wouldn't recognize him."
"Indeed! he's cheerful, is he?"
"And then, he has a beautiful scar across his face; it gives him a martial air, it's very becoming to him."