Couldn't you get over your bad feeling?
It would be money in our pockets." "No, I couldn't, and he wouldn't come if you asked him." "Will you let me try ?" "I tell you he won't come." "In that case there's no harm in trying.

If I can persuade him, will you promise to be civil to him, and not try to break his head ?" "He won't come, I tell you." "And I say he may." "And you'll nag and nag till you get your own way, I suppose." "Of course.

What's the use of a woman's tongue if she can't get her own way with it?
Will you promise to behave properly if he comes ?" "I'll behave if he behaves," he growled sulkily.

"But we'll neither of us get the chance.

He won't come." "Eh bien, we'll see!" And when Gard came up to dinner next day, she was leaning over the gate waiting for him, very tastefully dressed according to her lights, and with an engaging smile on her face.
"Dites donc, Monsieur Gard," she said pleasantly.