“This is very nice!”
“Isn’t it, Bertrand?”
“Yes, indeed! a wretched bed and no pillows!”
“So much the better! we will go and ask for one.”
“Two broken chairs!”
“So much the better! I’ll go and change them.”
“Closets that won’t lock!”
“Bah! they’re good enough for what we have to put in them.”
“A desk that I can’t find any key to!”
“I’ll go and ask the ladies for it.”