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THE BISHOP'S CANDLESTICKS.
| Persomé.
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Did Monseigneur the Bishop leave any message for me?
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| Persomé.
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Did he tell you where he was going?
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| Persomé.
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"Yes, Madam" (imitating). Then why haven't you told me, Stupid!
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| Marie.
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Madam didn't ask me.
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| Persomé.
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But that is no reason for your not telling me is it?
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| Marie.
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Madam said only this morning I was not to chatter, so I thought—
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| Persomé.
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Ah mon Dieu, you thought! Ah! It is hopeless.
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| Persomé.
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Don't keep saying "Yes, Madam," like a parrot, Nincompoop.
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| Persomé.
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Well. Where did Monseigneur say he was going?
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| Marie.
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To my mother's, Madam.
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| Persomé.
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To your mother's indeed! And why, pray?
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| Marie.
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Monseigneur asked me how she was, and I told him she was feeling poorly.
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| Persomé.
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You told him she was feeling poorly, did you? And so my brother is to be kept out of his bed, and go without his supper because you told him she was feeling poorly. There's gratitude for you!
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| Marie.
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Madam, the soup is boiling!
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| Persomé.
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Then pour it out, fool, and don't chatter. (Marie about to do so) No, no. Not like that, here let me do it, and do you put the salt cellars on the table—the silver ones.
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| Marie.
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The silver ones, Madam?
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| Persomé.
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Yes, the silver ones. Are you deaf as well as stupid?
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| Marie.
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They are sold, Madam.
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