He opened the door for her, and then, after a few minutes, followed her out into the garden.
"Have you yet visited the _potager_ ?" he asked, deferentially.
Sylvia looked at him, puzzled.

"_Potager_" was quite a new French word to her.
"I think you call it the kitchen-garden." A smile lit up his face.

"The people who built the Villa du Lac a matter of fifty years ago were very fond of gardening.

I think it might amuse you to see the _potager_.

Allow me to show it you." They were now walking side by side.