“Madame — I hope you’ll permit us to call on you once again. While I don’t want to speak for the rest of the group, let me assure you that I personally found the discussion this evening invigorating, and nothing like what we had to endure in the company of Madame de Rambouillet.
I’ve left my card with the door man should you wish to call on us yourself — which I must insist you do, if only for your extraordinary strength with Chopin — and I hope you’ll forgive us for leaving you this early in the evening.
Also — I ate your door man, so you’ll have to get the card yourself. Good evening.”
