“And pray, ma'am, is Madame Duval with her now?”
And several other questions she asked me, with a childish simplicity
that was very diverting. She took the whole for a true story, and was
quite eager to know what was become of all the people. And when I said I
would inquire, and tell her when we next met.
“Oh, but, ma'am,” she said, “had not you better write it down, because
then there would be more of it, you know?”