B.T.E.

Madame de Sablire said to him: "Mon bon ami, que vous seriez bte, si vous n'aviez pas tant d'esprit!"

Il fait novembre en mon me.Et c'est le vent du nord qui clameComme une bte dans mon me.

I never refuse to marry the lady—pas si bte: 'I adore you, and we'll be married to-morrow if you like,' I say.

The world does not deserve to be yet delivered from that bte.

And, by and by, this naughty bte noir thought her chance had come.