That hang like this? _(with a gesture)._

ARMANDE
And how she stands!

M. LOYAL
Nay,--I am wrong again. I thought
Her air delightfully untaught!

HORTENSE
But you amuse me--

M. LOYAL
Still her dress,--
Her dress at least, you _must_ confess--

ARMANDE
Is odious simply! Jacotot
Did not supply that lace, I know;
And where, I ask, has mortal seen
A hat unfeathered?

HORTENSE
Edged with green!!

M. LOYAL
The words remind me. Let me say
A Fable that I heard to-day.
Have I permission?