“Yes, of course; we must have a very lively farce.”
“Have you made your selection? If not, I suggest Il y a plus d’un Ane à la Foire.”
“Yes,” said Dufournelle, “that’s very amusing; we saw it, didn’t we, Eléonore?—She laughed so much that we came near having to leave the theatre.”
“I don’t know that play,” said Monsieur Camuzard. “Are there actually any asses in it?”
“There are three—but they’re dressed as men.”
“Ah! very good!”
And the old gentleman turned to the baroness and said: “I don’t understand, do you, madame?”
The baroness looked at her neighbor with an ironical expression, and replied:
“Have you never seen any, monsieur?”
“Any what, madame?”