Ah! you're smiling again! ...

I've blundered once more.

You would not have said 'you're clever,' granted; I'll let it pass anyway.

_Passons,_ as papa says, and, in parenthesis, don't be vexed with my verbosity.

By the way, I always say a lot, that is, use a great many words and talk very fast, and I never speak well.
And why do I use so many words, and why do I never speak well?
Because I don't know how to speak.