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`` And no one pays any attention to the Marquise , '' returned the parasite . `` The fact is that Mme. d'Aiglemont is never alone , '' remarked a coxcomb , siding with the young women . `` In the morning , '' the old observer continued in a discreet voice , `` in the morning dear Moina is asleep . At four o'clock dear Moina drives in the Bois . In the evening dear Moina goes to a ball or to the Bouffes . -- Still , it is certainly true that Mme. d'Aiglemont has the privilege of seeing her dear daughter while she dresses , and again at dinner , if dear Moina happens to dine with her mother . Not a week ago , sir , '' continued the elderly person , laying his hand on the arm of the shy tutor , a new arrival in the house , `` not a week ago , I saw the poor mother , solitary and sad , by her own fireside .