“You have to admit that this is a very strange life. If you don’t admit it, then you have a very high threshold for strangeness, and more power to you.”
“You, instinctively, as a girl, have very, uh, strange, supernatural, magical powers that we don't understand.”
“But he looks no more than thirty. He's very handsome-- so much you will admit; nor will you deny that he is very wealthy and very powerful; the greatest nobleman in Brittany. He will make me a great lady.''God made you that, Aline.”
“The more you read within a balanced life, the more time you have. Strange but true.”
“But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.”
“You, strange puzzle of a girl, are very lucky.”