vous voulez plaisanter, madame. et vous voulez parler francais? where did you learn that? in switzerland. i was the wine waiter at the biggest hotel in lucerne. you look quite a gentleman in those tails. charmant. ah, you're flattering me. flattering you? my natural modesty forbids me to suppose that you would pay a truthful compliment to one so humble as myself. therefore, i assume that you are exaggerating, for which i believe the polite word is flattery. where did you learn to talk like that? you must have spent a lot of your time in the theater. yes. and i've been around a bit too. but you were born here, weren't you? yes. my father worked on the next farm to you. i used to see you when i was young. but you wouldn't remember me. no, really? yes. i remember one occasion, especially-- perhaps, i oughtn't to mention that. oh, no. please tell it, just this once. no. i really couldn't. not now. some other time, perhaps? some other time means never. is it so dangerous to tell it now? it's not dangerous. i'd rather not. i think christine must have fallen asleep in there. char