"Really," said he to Cacambo, "I should not have expected to see such a prodigious share of good nature." "Master," replied the knowing valet, "you have made a precious piece of work of it; do you know that you have killed the lovers of these two ladies?"
Je ne m'attendais pas à tant de bonté d'âme, dit-il enfin à Cacambo; lequel lui répliqua: Vous avez fait là un beau chef d'oeuvre, mon maître; vous avez tué les deux amants de ces demoiselles.