M. Jour. Oh, no! not verse.
Prof. Phil. You only wish prose?
M. Jour. No. I wish for neither verse nor prose.
Prof. Phil. It must be one or the other.
M. Jour.Why?
Prof. Phil. Because, sir, there is nothing by which we can express ourselves except prose or verse.
M. Jour. There is nothing but prose or verse?
Prof. Phil. No, sir. Whatever is not prose, is verse; and whatever is not verse, is prose.
M. Jour.And when we speak, what is that, then?
Prof. Phil. Prose.