"That is not a belfry: it is a chimney, the bakehouse chimney."
"Of the new bakehouse, then?"
"Yes, Monsieur."
"I had an idea it was not finished."...
"It is not finished, but it soon will be—in a matter of six months."...
"Ah! Good!... Now tell me is there no railway along the route we are following?"
"No. They intend laying down a line for strategic purposes, but they have not started on it yet."
The chauffeur smiled approval, while continuing to tinker at his machine.
"Ah, these projects!" he remarked. "They are long in coming to anything—these French administrative projects!"
"Well!... Yes."