ne like this, and that her life would not be worth living if he was not in it, in all probability another attempt to gain his affections. This is also another example of the pretentiousness of the woman, as she uses the French for 'nightmare' to comment on this matter.
             The phrases 'dull tom-tom', 'absurdly hammering', 'capricious monotone' and 'false note' imply the mundaneness of the conversation and the boredom of the young man, suggesting
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