French you positively must learn, and learn quickly.

I don't mean to say that we haven't good plays and a tradition of our own; but for the moment France is the centre of your art, and you cannot remain at a distance from it! The French have organised their knowledge; it is available for all who come.

Ours is still floating and amateurish--" 'And so on.

You may imagine it, my dear Eustace; I spare you any more of it verbatim.

After I had talked away for a long time and brought it all back to the absolute necessity that she should know French and become acquainted with French acting and French dramatic ideals, she pulled me up in the full career of eloquence, by demanding with a little practical air, a twinkle lurking somewhere in her eyes-- '"Explain to me, please; how is it to be done ?" '"Oh," I said, "nothing is easier.