1 A word of friendly advice, mon cher.
2 One can't everywhere say all one thinks, mon cher.
3 Helene spoke of him as "mon page" and treated him like a child.
4 "It is very strange, mon Monsieur Prince," said the staff officer.
5 "It was my fault, mon pere," interceded the little princess, with a blush.
6 "Very pleased, mon cher," she then said, holding out her hand to Nicholas.
7 Do you know, mon cher," said Bilibin following him, "I have been thinking about you.
8 Mais, mon cher, I did this for my own sake, to satisfy my conscience, and there is nothing to thank me for.
9 You know, mon cher, your father and I had some accounts to settle, so I have received what was due from the Ryazan estate and will keep it; you won't require it.
10 "No, mon cousin," she added with a sigh, "I shall always remember that in this world one must expect no reward, that in this world there is neither honor nor justice."
11 There is one thing I constantly pray God to grant, mon cousin," she replied, "and it is that He would be merciful to him and would allow his noble soul peacefully to leave this.
12 "Do this for my sake, mon cher; after all, she had to put up with a great deal from the deceased," said Prince Vasili to him, handing him a deed to sign for the princess' benefit.
13 But still he and those about him retained their old habits: wrote commands, letters, reports, and orders of the day; called one another sire, mon cousin, prince d'Eckmuhl, roi de Naples, and so on.
14 "Well, mon cher," said the vicomte, having seated himself beside Hippolyte in the carriage, "your little princess is very nice, very nice indeed, quite French," and he kissed the tips of his fingers.
15 "I know the will was made, but I also know that it is invalid; and you, mon cousin, seem to consider me a perfect fool," said the princess with the expression women assume when they suppose they are saying something witty and stinging.