Grace. Will you, Miss Sommerfield?
Miss Sommerfield. Oh yes, I have been introduced.
Grace. Is he French?
Victoria. No; unmistakably Italian.
Helen. Or Polish, or Russian, or some sort of a Slav.
Miss Sommerfield. Russian, I think. He speaks English and French.
Ida. Did you talk French with him?
Miss Sommerfield. Yes.
Ida. I wish I could speak French. I can't even conjugate avoir.
Miss James. It is easy: j'ai, tu es, il—