Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Sweet and gentle ladies, this day has been devoted, so far as I can see, to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort; and therefore, so as not to place too great a distance between us, I want to tell you of a marquis, whose actions, even though things turned out well for him in the end, were remarkable not so much for their munificence as for their senseless brutality. (p. 784)

Which phrase is used in the excerpt above to indicate the presence of a framed narrative?

...as for their senseless brutality.
Sweet and gentle ladies...
...to the doings of kings and sultans and people of that sort;
...I want to tell you of a marquis...