Blond.

Very pleased to see you. [To Cis.] Are you going to enjoy yourselves?

Cis.

Rather.

Blond.

You usually eat in this room, but you don’t mind giving it up for to-night—now, do you?

Cis.

Oh, Achille!

Blond.

Come, come, to please me. A cab has just brought a letter from an old customer of mine, a gentleman I haven’t seen for over twenty years, who wants to sup with a friend in this room to-night. It’s quite true. [Giving Cis a letter.]