"A profound remark! A most ingenious quibble! He went to Millcote this morning, and will be back here to-night or to-morrow: does that circumstance exclude him from the list of your acquaintance--blot him, as it were, out of existence?"
-- Remarque profonde, ingénieux jeu de mots! il est parti pour Millcote ce matin, et sera de retour ce soir ou demain; est-ce que cette circonstance vous empêcherait de le connaître?