“I beg your pardon, I mean ... at your service.”
“I must tell you that a gentleman I do not love wants to marry me perforce.... He resides at Havana, and I do not wish to have my husband so far away.”
“I understand.”
“Now, tell me, if a man persisted in marrying you from Havana....”
“The hypothesis is not admissible, mm.”
“Ah, true! well, if a woman....”
“There are matters, madam, in which the person interested can alone....”
“It is true; for this reason, wishing at all costs to break off the projected marriage, I have determined to send my likeness to my suitor.”
“Your looks, mm, will captivate him more than ever.”
“That’s why; ... I wish my likeness not to be my likeness: I want to come out ugly, very ugly.”