He protects me, or else, upon my honor, I should be stopped on the road!" "But, General, what shall I do to please this Des Rameures ?" "You will see him.

He is, as I tell you, a great oddity.

He has not been in Paris since 1825; he has a horror of Paris and Parisians.

Very well, it only needs a little tact to flatter his views on that point.

We always need a little tact in this world, young man." "But his niece, General ?" "Ah, the deuce! You must please the niece also.