"My friend, when I have given those ladies time to get settled in their country house, I shall go to Chelles, and I shall call on them; they have invited me to do so."
"Do what you please."
"You will come with me."
"What for? Do you mean to present me to them? But suppose I should fall in love with your damsel?"
"No, I shall not present you. I am not intimate enough with them yet to take the liberty to introduce anyone; but you will wait for me somewhere in the neighborhood, we will pass a few days there——"
"Ah! what a captivating plan! That is to say, you propose to keep me on a strict diet, while you utter heart-rending sighs!—No, thanks!"
"If you refuse, I will take Chamoureau. Poor Chamoureau! he will understand my torments, for he too is in love."
"Really! There seems to be an epidemic of it just now."
"But by the way—I haven't told you.—Gad! it's a most amusing thing! You would never guess whom he's in love with."
"His concierge?"