"I see you have a cat.

What is his name ?" "Mouche." She called to the cat, which fled precipitately.
"Mouche! Mouche!" Durtal called, but Mouche took refuge under the bed and refused to come out.

"You see he is rather bashful.

He has never seen a woman." "Oh, would you try to make me think you have never received a woman here ?" He swore that he never had, that she was the first....
"And you were not really anxious that this--first--should come ?" He blushed.

"Why do you say that ?" She made a vague gesture.