"I couldn't think of such a thing."
"Then as my own guest, if you don't mind."
"As you like! You want advice?—Hm! Shall I give you my candid opinion? Yes, of course! Then listen to me, take what I'm going to say seriously, and never forget that I said such and such a thing on such and such an evening; I'll be responsible for my words."
"Give me your candid opinion! I'm prepared for anything."
"Have you ordered your horses? No? Then do so and go home."
"Do you think me incapable of becoming an actor?"
"By no means! I don't think anybody in all the world incapable of that. On the contrary! Everybody, has more or less talent for acting."
"Very well then!"
"Oh! the reality is so different from your dream! You're young, your blood flows quickly through your veins, a thousand pictures, bright and beautiful like the pictures in a fairy tale throng your brain; you want to bring them to the light, show them to the world and in doing so experience a great joy—isn't that so?"
"Yes, yes, you're expressing my very thoughts!"