The movement, however, is perceptible, and once this fact is established I can let the pottage simmer.

I can give her time to arrive, for I am over-well occupied with her _concurrentes_.

_Celles-ci_ don't keep me waiting, _par exemple_! These young ladies are Americans, and you know that it is the national character to move fast.

"All right--go ahead!" (I am learning a great deal of English, or, rather, a great deal of American.) They go ahead at a rate that sometimes makes it difficult for me to keep up.

One of them is prettier than the other; but this hatter (the one that takes the private lessons) is really _une file prodigieuse_.