"Yes, monsieur; I am Gustave's uncle."
"Then you are Monsieur Grandcourt?"
"Just so."
"Oh! Delighted to make the acquaintance of my friend's uncle."
"I am obliged to you, monsieur; but we are going."
"What! you are going? Pray, do you not know that your dear nephew desires to speak once more with the bride, the faithless Fanny?"
"Indeed, I do know it, and it was for the express purpose of preventing that interview, which might result in a scandalous scene, that I came here and that I am taking my nephew away."
"But her little sister, the charming Adolphine, would have obtained an interview for us in secret."
"You are mistaken, monsieur; for it was Mademoiselle Adolphine herself who sent word to me that my nephew was here, and begged me to exert my authority to take him away and prevent his seeing her sister; that young woman realized all the impropriety of the proposed interview."
"What! it was the little sister who sent word to you? Ah! the little mouse! These women are all leagued together to fool us."