Do you know the lady, Monsieur le Comte ?" "Mademoiselle de Luc d'Estrelles is my cousin," Camors replied.
"Ah! That is right; and she is of a certain age ?" "She is about twenty-five." M.des Rameures received this intelligence with one of the resonant coughs peculiar to him.
"May I ask, without indiscretion, whether she is endowed with a pleasing person ?" "She is exceedingly beautiful," was the reply.
"Hem! So much the better.

It seems to me the General is a little old for her: but every one is the best judge of his own affairs: Hem! the best judge of his own affairs.

Elise, my dear, whenever you are ready we will follow you.

Pardon me, Monsieur le Comte, for receiving you in this rustic attire, but I am a laborer.

Agricola--a mere herdsman--'custos gregis', as the poet says.