"Mademoiselle, we are nearly home."
"Yes, monsieur."
"It has been to me a great night."
"I can understand that, monsieur."
"The children will be dancing when they see you. Odile and Pierre were
awake, and they both cried when the first boat came home last night
without you."
"Monsieur the colonel, you are too good to us."
"Angelique, do you love me?"
"It is true, monsieur."
"But it must be owned I am a dozen years older than you, and I have
loved before."
"I never have."
"Does it not seem a pity, then, that you who have had the pick of the
Territory should become the second wife of Pierre Menard?"
"I should rather be the second choice with you, monsieur, than the first
choice of any other man in the Territory."
"Mademoiselle, I adore you."
"That remains to be seen, monsieur."
"What did you think when I was under water?"
"I did not think, monsieur. I perished. It was then you conquered me."
"Good. I will take to the water whenever any little difference arises
between us.
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