Count—Where, remember, we spend September, October, November, all of which is positively an economy—
André—Furthermore, as to Vilsac, this summer place where we pass September, October, and November,—all of which is positively an economy,—the proof of its being an economy is that here we are in the middle of September, and we are just setting out for Dieppe.
Count—For one time only, by chance! And moreover, we will have to go down to Vilsac by the end of the month, for I have asked those fellows to come down there for the shooting.
André—Yes, in this economical country place, where you have asked all those gentlemen to come down for the shooting, at the end of the month—
Count—Really, one would be bored to death without that!
André—In this same economical establishment, I say, you have twelve keepers.
Count—Quite true; but it is one of the best preserves in France, and really, there are so many poachers—
André—You have two masters of hounds, you have ten horses,—in short, a whole hunting equipage; and I don't speak of the indemnities that you pay year by year, if only for the rabbits that you kill.
Count—The fact is, there are thousands of rabbits; but shooting rabbits is such fun!
André—Add to that the entertainments that it occurs to you to give every now and then, with fireworks and so on, during the evening.