"Very good, very good! You have nothing else to tell me?"
"No, no, I believe not," the viscount replied, as if he were trying to recall some item of news which would make a fitting pendant to the other.
"Very well, adieu!" cried the provost.
"Adieu, my poor friend!"
"Adieu!"
"At all events I have given you warning."
"Adieu!"
"I shall have no reason to reproach myself: that consoles me."
"Adieu! adieu!"
"Good luck attend you! But I must say that I express that wish with but little hope of its being gratified."