"I have succeeded, I can do it; to be sure, I broke a dozen glasses, but I succeeded; your pupil does you credit."
"I never doubted your ability—to drink champagne."
"And that isn't all: you know my parrot, that I was teaching—the one that led to our becoming acquainted?"
"Yes, I remember him; is he dead?"
"No indeed; he is as well as you or I. But the delightful part of it is that I have succeeded again."
"Really, you have made great progress since we last met."
"My parrot says now what I wanted him to."
"That was 'Good-morning, Monsieur Brillant,' I believe?"
"No, deuce take it! he said that too much! He says—and only since yesterday, so you see that it isn't an old story—he says: 'Dutaillis is lovely! applaud, clap Zizi!'"
"Ah! if he says all that, it's very fine; your friend must be enchanted."