Then, looking at his companion, with his head bent a little to one side and his eyes somewhat contracted, "Now I suppose that 's what is called conversation," he said; "real conversation." "It 's what I call a very clever woman," said Acton, laughing.
"It is most interesting," Mr.Brand continued.

"I only wish she would speak French; it would seem more in keeping.

It must be quite the style that we have heard about, that we have read about--the style of conversation of Madame de Stael, of Madame Recamier." Acton also looked at Madame Munster's residence among its hollyhocks and apple-trees.

"What I should like to know," he said, smiling, "is just what has brought Madame Recamier to live in that place!".