"How funny that is," said Blanche, at last, looking at Urbain with astonishment. "Your hair isn't done at all like that of all the women I ever saw. Is it the fashion to wear it like that in Verberie?"
"Yes, mademoiselle."
"Do you know, Ursule, that the more I look at you the more you look like a man to me."
"Somebody told me that before, mademoiselle."
"But it's really astonishing. Your hair is dressed exactly like that of the men I see passing in the street."
"Do you dislike it so?"
"No—however—it produces a very singular effect on me."
"If I were a man would you be angry?"