"The sprightly Frenchwoman again ventured upon the theater of action.
"'You find yourself now much improved, madame?' she asked, with considerable vivacity. A very slight nod was the only answer.
"'And you feel dis fauteuil really very com-for-ta-ble?' pursued the little woman, with augmented energy of voice. Another nod was just discernible.
"No intonation of mine can do justice to the very ecstasy of impatience with which the pertinacious questioner actually screamed out:
"'Bien, madame, vil you say so, if you please?'
"Henry Lunettes."