"Well, hardly! no, no! she's a very great lady."
"About five feet six?"
"I am not joking; she's a lady of the very best society."
"Ha! ha! you rascal of a Chamoureau! I believe you are laughing at us."
"Or that she laughed at him!"
"I assure you that she did not laugh at me! In the first place, she unmasked, and I saw the most captivating face. These ladies are very pretty most assuredly, but my superb brunette would throw them all into the shade!"
"I say, Spaniard, do you know that you make us tired with your brunette!"
"If she wouldn't come to supper with you," said little Amélia, "that proves right away that she was intending to take supper with someone else, doesn't it, mesdames?"
"Yes, yes; Amélia is right."
"Oh! you are mistaken, mesdames; it isn't at all as you imagine."