Ah, bon Dieu, what a pleasant companion he was, what a brilliant wit, what a rich fund of talk, what a grand manner!--and she had exchanged this for Major Loder, reeking of cigars and brandy-and-water, and Captain Rook with his horsejockey jokes and prize-ring slang, and their like. 
Ah, what a pleasant companion he was, what a brilliant wit; what a rich fund of talk, what a grand manner! - and she had exchanged this for Major Loder, reeking of cigars and brandy.
