Encore!" A moment I hesitated.
"Encore!" said he sternly.

"Et point de grimaces! A bas la timidite!" Again I went through the part, but not half so well as I had spoken it alone.
"Enfin, elle sait," said he, half dissatisfied, "and one cannot be fastidious or exacting under the circumstances." Then he added, "You may yet have twenty minutes for preparation: au revoir!" And he was going.
"Monsieur," I called out, taking courage.
"Eh bien! Qu'est-ce que c'est, Mademoiselle ?" "J'ai bien faim." "Comment, vous avez faim! Et la collation ?" "I know nothing about it.

I have not seen it, shut up here." "Ah! C'est vrai," cried he.
In a moment my throne was abdicated, the attic evacuated; an inverse repetition of the impetus which had brought me up into the attic, instantly took me down--down--down to the very kitchen.

I thought I should have gone to the cellar.

The cook was imperatively ordered to produce food, and I, as imperatively, was commanded to eat.