"You even offered them candy."
"Offered! you mean that they asked me for it."
"It's the same thing. You gave them each a stick; so I hope you'll give me one too, as I came to the ball solely to see you."
"If you came to the ball solely to see me, you ought not to care for candy."
"I care to have you as generous to me as to others—as gallant—as attentive—as amorous; will you be? Tell me, O my Chamoureau! for I love you, I am on fire for you, as you see!"
"Really, lovely Norman, you manifest sentiments which flatter me; but how do you know me?"
"If I should tell you, you would be greatly surprised; but I won't tell you—not here, at all events; later, when you come to my house, we shall see."
"You have a house?"
"Yes, my boy, one of the very swellest in the Chaussée d'Antin."
"Then you are rich?"