'As to the truth of what I say, madam,' said I, 'refer you to your son himself; if he will do me any justice, he must tell you the story just as I have told it.' Away goes the old lady to her daughters and tells them the whole story, just as I had told it her; and they were surprised at it, you may be sure, as I believed they would be.
--Pour ce qui est de la vérité de ce que j'avance, madame, dis-je, je vous en remets à votre fils lui-même: s'il veut me faire quelque justice, il vous dira l'histoire tout justement comme je l'ai dite.