And that wins him a clear burst of (a very lady-like, let's admit it), laughter. Because seriously, if the girls saw them together, if her family saw them together, there would be shock, and comments from Helène and the girls that she could do so much better.

But she doesn't care. She doesn't even care when a very dandy-ish man and an old lady turn back to look at them with surprise.

"Well," she says "it seems we got ourselves already two shocked passerbys"