“Yes, of course I’ve brought it.”
“Is it my blue phial?”
“To be sure; I know it well enough.”
“With the opal stopper?”
“The stopper is in it! It’s perfectly tight.”
“Well! take it back, that isn’t the one I want; I want the yellow one with an agate stopper.”
“Oh! this is too much! Zizi, you abuse my good nature.—Open the door, Jéricourt.”
“I should be delighted to, but madame says no. She has taken a knife and threatens to bury it in her breast if I take a step toward the door.”
“Oh! in that case, don’t budge, my friend! do me the favor not to budge, stay where you are! I know the mad creature; she would do some insane thing or other. I will run and fetch the yellow phial!”
And the simple-minded fellow started off again to get the yellow phial.