"Ah! you want to see Monsieur Courtivaux's house, do you?"
"We do."
"Do you think of buying it?"
"Why, we may buy it if it suits us."
"Ah, yes! that's so; you must see it first. I'll show it to you."
"We are sorry to give you so much trouble."
"Oh! it ain't very far. And then, you can't go there alone, for you don't know where it is. Wait a bit, while I go and fetch the keys."
And the little old man walked away, humming: "Tutu—turlututu—lututu!"
"You see, my dear love, we came to the right place."
"Yes; and this old peasant seems a merry old fellow; I like him already."