How terrified you were--ha, ha! and how terrified we should have been if you had not.

Listen: once upon a time--don't be alarmed: it was long after Noah--a frightened hare ran by a pond; the frogs splashed in the water, smit with awe.

Then she said, 'Ah ha! there are people in the world I frighten in my turn; I am the thunderbolt of war.' Excuse my quoting La Fontaine: I am not in 'Charles the Twelfth of Sweden' yet.

I am but a child." "And it's a great mercy, for when you grow up, you will be too much for me, that is evident.

Come, then, Mademoiselle the Quizzer, come and adorn my sketch." "Monsieur, shall I make you a confession?
You will not be angry: I could not support your displeasure.