"How are you, madame? Very well, madame. I broke my arm yesterday morning going to buy some gloves, but it's cured now. Oh, that's good.
And how is your little girl? She has the whooping cough. Oh, what a pity! Does she cough much? No, it's a whooping cough that has no cough.
You know, madame, I had two children last week? Really? That makes four. Four or five, I don't know which. When you have so many you get confused. You have a very pretty dress on. Oh, I have still nicer ones at home Do you go to the theatre? Every evening. I went yesterday to the opera, but Punch did not act, because a wolf ate him up. I, my dear, go to a dance every day. That's very amusing. Yes, I wear a blue dress and I dance with all the young people, the very nicest, generals, princes, confectioners. You are as pretty as heart could wish to-day, little one. It's the springtime. Yes, but too bad it snows. I like the snow, because it's so white. Oh, but this is black snow. Yes, isn't it a horrid kind?"