:57:23
As with every other science,
the first thing you must learn...
:57:26
...is to call everything by its proper name.
:57:28
l don't see why we have to talk at all.
:57:31
Without the correct polite vocabulary...
:57:33
...how would you indicate
what you would like me to do...
:57:35
...or make an offer of something
l might find agreeable.
:57:38
Surely you just--
:57:39
You see, if l do my work adequately...
:57:41
...l would like to think that
you will be able to...
:57:43
...surprise Monsieur de Bastide
on his wedding night.
:57:46
-Would he be pleased?
-Of course.
:57:49
He'll merely assume your
maman
has done her duty and fully briefed you.
:57:53
Maman
couldn't possibly talk
of anything of that sort.
:57:56
l can't think why.
:57:57
She was, after all, one of the most
notorious young women in Paris.
:58:01
-Maman?
-Certainly.
:58:03
More noted for her enthusiasm
than her ability...
:58:06
...if l remember rightly.
:58:08
There was a famous occasion
before you were born....
:58:11
This would have been...
:58:18
...when your mother went to stay
with the Comtesse de Beaulieu...
:58:22
...who tactfully gave her a room
between your father's...
:58:24
...and that of a Monsieur de Vressac...
:58:26
...who was her acknowledged
lover at the time.
:58:29
Yet,
in spite of these careful arrangements...
:58:32
...she contrived to spend
the night with a third party.
:58:36
l can't believe that.
:58:37
No, no, l assure you, it's true.
:58:40
How do you know?
:58:42
The third party was myself.
:58:58
You asked me if Monsieur de Bastide
would be pleased with your abilities.