'I have used my eyes.' 'Then be good enough to favour me with your ears!' I answered drily.
'For just a moment.

And listen when I say that no such bargain has ever crossed my mind.

You were kind enough to think well of me last night, M.
de Cocheforet.

Why should the mention of Mademoiselle in a moment change your opinion?
I wish simply to speak to her.

I have nothing to ask from her, nothing to expect from her, either favour or anything else.