Rose looked at him:
"What are you thinking about?"
"Again!" said M. Hervart to himself. "Oh, that eternal feminine question! As if any one ever answered it! Here's my answer...."
Looking at the clouds, he pronounced:
"I think it's going to rain."
"Oh, no!" said Rose, "I don't think so. The wind is 'suet'...."
Conscious of having uttered a provincialism, she made haste to add:
"As the country people say."
"What does it mean?"
"South-east."