"Yes, in front of the Jardin d'Hiver, on the other side of the avenue."
"And, to induce the coachman to open the door, I am to shake my fist at him?"
"Sapristi! if that's the way you hear! you are to open your left hand twice, before his face."
"Ah! very good! I will open my left hand twice. But, what the devil!——"
"Well, what difficulty is there about that?"
"When I have opened my left hand once, how am I to open it again?"
"Why, you idiot, you must close it again, of course!"
"Ah, yes! to be sure; I won't open it again till I have closed it. It is love that unsettles my mind. And I shall find Thélénie, she will be waiting for me, and she will not spurn my homage!"
"Damnation! my dear fellow, when a lady gives you an assignation at night, in a carriage, that doesn't indicate an intention to be very severe; and if you don't come out of the affair the victor, it will be your own fault."
"You are right. This time I will be a Don Juan, a Richelieu! I will hurl myself into the coupé like a bomb! The rest will take care of itself."