“Ah, I would speak to you alone, Sulpice.”

“And I have a precisely similar desire, marquise.”

“You know I am determined on her marrying the duke.”

“Ah!”

“And I depend on you to bring Marie to reason.”

“Ah!”

“And I think when you have heard me, you will bring Marie to reason. If you do not—no one will—for she loves you better than me—though I’m ... her ... aunt.”

“Ah!”

“Did you ever fall in love?”

“Par-r-r-rbleu.”