“Pélagie.”

“Monsieur.”

“My dear girl, when you are going to marry a man, you mustn’t call him monsieur.”

“What shall I say, then?”

“Call me your dear; I hope always to be that.”

“Yes, my dear.”

“Has your aunt brought you up very strictly?”

“Yes, my dear.”

“Don’t you ever receive any young men at your house?”

“No, my dear.”