"Then, if in the old days, if I had…."
"Yes. If you had…? I said nothing."
"I understood. You are cruel."
"Take it, then, that in the old days I was a fool."
"You are making it worse and worse."
"Poor Christophe! I can't say a word but it hurts you. I shan't say any more."
"You must…. Tell me…. Tell me something."
"Something?"
"Something kind."
She laughed.