He continued to send for me punctually the moment the clock struck seven; though when I appeared before him now, he had no such honeyed terms as "love" and "darling" on his lips: the best words at my service were "provoking puppet," "malicious elf," "sprite," "changeling," &c.
Il continuait à m'envoyer chercher au moment où l'horloge sonnait sept heures; mais, quand j'apparaissais, il n'avait plus sur les lèvres ces doux mots: «Mon amour,» et «Ma chérie;» les meilleures expressions qu'il eût à mon service, étaient: «Poupée provoquante, fée malicieuse, esprit mobile;» les grimaces avaient pris la place des caresses.