"I have one too," said Eudoxie.
"And I—and I too," said each lady.
Cornélie opened the paper which was in her bouquet and read:
"‘Vos attraits charment les cœurs,
Vous avez grâce et jeunesse;
La plus douce des faveurs
Est de vous aimer sans cesse.’"[9]
"That is extremely pretty!" said Monsieur de la Pincerie, expectorating upon the villagers in the courtyard.
"And it is perfectly suited to the person to whom it is addressed," said Alfred to Mademoiselle Cornélie, who looked at him in a way to force him to say something.
"It sounds to me like the mottoes in bonbons," said Monsieur Berlingue.
"I have a poem, too," said Eudoxie; "let me see—Why, it’s just like my sister’s; here, look, monsieur."
Edouard looked at the lines which she handed him and said:
"It must be that he thought, madame, that the same attractions would be found in all the members of the same family."