In the course of the afternoon and evening these hints were enlarged on: various soft conversations were reported, and sentimental scenes represented; and, in short, a volume of a novel of fashionable life was that day improvised by her for my benefit.
Dans l'après-midi et la soirée j'en appris encore davantage: elle me rapporta quelques douces conversations, quelques scènes sentimentales; enfin elle improvisa pour moi en ce jour tout un roman de la vie élégante.