But have you had enough of it?
Or has this feast of reason taken away your appetite for simpler fare ?" "If you mean, am I ready to go with you to Madame de Courcelles'-- yes." "_A la bonne heure_!" "But you are not going away without taking leave of Madame Rachel ?" "Unquestionably.

Leave-taking is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance." "But isn't that very impolite ?" "_Ingenu!_ Do you know that society ignores everything disagreeable?
A leave-taker sets an unpleasant example, disturbs the harmony of things, and reminds others of their watches.

Besides, he suggests unwelcome possibilities.

Perhaps he finds the party dull; or, worse still, he may be going to one that is pleasanter." By this time we were again rattling along the Boulevard.

The theatres were ablaze with lights.