Two friends, on lack of sheep.

Cecily: I have no sheep in my apartment.

Charles: Where do you get your wool from? How do you stay warm in the winter?

Cecily: Harrods’ cashmere.

Charles: But do your blankets and throws offer you unconditional love and, more importantly, loyalty?

Cecily: No, but my Italian greyhound does.

Two friends, on an orchestra.

Cecily: Yves went to inform his music teacher that he’s staying in Paris so he can be with me forever, instead of joining the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Charles: You have a responsibility to the global art world. Just drug him and put him on the Eurostar.

Two friends, on Moleskine.

Charles: I bought my 2016 Moleskine today. Not sure if you use one.

Cecily: Is that a question you ask a creative polymath who has already desperately sold her soul to fine leather and great marketing many, many times before? Of course I do.

Two friends, on locality.

Arnaud: We are far away from the heart of Paris.

Cecily: Where is the heart of Paris?

Arnaud: It is where you live of course. Actually, no, you live between the Panthéon and Saint Germain — Paris’ brain. And I… I live on rue de Sèvres… in Paris’ wallet.