J.—I don't understand.
V.—I mean that you repeat yourself. It is the custom of lovers to abuse of the gorgiaques figures from the very protasis and exordium.
J.—I love you because you are accomplished and perfect.
V.—Did I not know you, I should think that you favored asteisin and ethossoia.
J. (Somewhat abashed.)—Ah! do you see * * *
V.—Why this aposiopesis?
J.—Aposiopesis!
V.—This reticence?
J.—That is clearer. I acknowledge that the expressions you use annoy and trouble me.
V.—You, on your side, speak a language stamped with schematism, while to be correct, even in making love, your language should be discursive. Allow me to tell you so frankly.