"Dieu! my friend, how you do adore me to-night!"
"Because I’ve no carriage, you talk jestingly of abandoning me. But just let me get wealthy, and my only revenge will be to give you a magnificent country house."
"You must supply it with rabbits, understand, because I am very fond of rabbit stew. But meantime, while monsieur goes to his dance, I’m going to trim a cap."
"Downstairs?"
"No, upstairs."
"Is the shop closed already?"
"What, at nine o’clock? Don’t you follow the example of those evil tongues across the street, who say that the best part of our business is done when the shop is closed. Pretty shopkeepers they are, to talk about other people! The chief partner is bargaining for a place as box-opener at a theatre."
"There! How does my hair look?"
"Delicious, my friend! You’ll suffocate all rivals."
"Oh! all I care for is to be decent, presentable. You see, I make no pretensions."