"Oh, ah-ha! I was looking for a colocataire - ah, a roommate! Very good. Parfait . Ah-ha! And here you are. And - I hear you are from across the pond, oui ? Oh, I am right again! Ha-ha. The East End? Hmm? Oh, but I do not hear it! I hear your accent - it is - but, ah, you speak Français ? We must walk. We must go for déjeuner . Oui, oui! Ah-ha! And - and what do you do? Hmm? Your carrière ? Oh, moi aussi - me too!"
" Il a parlé en bien de vous. Nous serions ravis que vous vous joigniez à notre équipe chez Chic. Mais vous savez comment faire des affaires à Paris, n'est-ce pa s?" ("He spoke highly of you. We would love to have you join our team at Chic. But you do know how to do business in Paris, don't you?")
"I know her! Ah-ha. Yes. Oui ! Ah-ha. She lives with moi . Yes. Mee-randa. That is le nom she is going by now. D-eed you see, she is trying a new louk . Oh, ha-ha! Yes - éditeur junior . Oh, non … you know me. I am not am-bee-tious."
"Mi-rahn-da. What you have brought me, I must say, is different . You know how it is here. We do not simply march - one, two! - we do not simply march, and we do not run ahead. Oui ? Louk at Miss Follet. She is prepared. She is on time. You are rolling over everyone. At this rate, chérie , if we were voting by comité , it would be - how do you say - walk the plank . Eet is not your fault - you are new here - and you are Bree-tesh ."