"Your soul, Monsieur Bon-Bon?"
"Yes, sir—hiccup!—my soul is"—
"What, sir!"
"No shadow, damme!"
"Did not mean to say"—
"Yes, sir, my soul is—hiccup!—humph!—yes, sir."
"Did not intend to assert"—
"My soul is—hiccup!—peculiarly qualified for—hiccup!—a"—
"What, sir?"
"Stew."