She possesses already everything that you, my lord, or any one, could offer for her acceptance." "You talk as if you had been studying the subject of love diligently--and Petrarch's sonnets as well; but notwithstanding all that, Maitre Bilot, I don't believe you thoroughly understand anything outside of your own wines and sauces, which, I am bound to admit, are always excellent.

And pray, who is the favoured object of this Platonic attachment ?" "One of the members of the troupe," Bilot replied, "and it is not to be wondered at, for he's a handsome young fellow, and very different from the rest of them; far superior, more like a gentleman than an actor; and I shrewdly suspect he is one," added the landlord, with a knowing look.
"Well, now you must be happy!" said the Chevalier de Vidalinc to his friend.

"Here are unexpected obstacles in plenty, and a perfect none-such of a prize.

A virtuous actress is a rare phenomenon, not to be found every day in the week.

You are in luck!" "Are you sure," continued the young duke, still addressing the landlord, and without paying any attention to the last remark, "that this chaste Isabelle does not accord any privileges secretly to that conceited young jackanapes?
I despise the fellow thoroughly, and detest him as well." "Your lordship does not know her," answered Maitre Bilot, "or I should not need to declare, as I do, that she is as spotless as the ermine.