STARCK. No, I have no telephone.
MASTER. Oh!
STARCK. Why do you ask?
MASTER. Oh, I happened to think—a telephone is handy at times—for orders—and important communications——
STARCK. That may be. But sometimes it is just as well to escape—communications.
MASTER. Quite right! Quite right!—Yes, my heart always beats a little faster when I hear it ring—one never knows what one is going to hear—and I want peace—peace, above all else.
STARCK. So do I.
MASTER. [Looking at his watch] The lamplighter ought to be here soon.
STARCK. He must have forgotten us, for I see that the lamps are already lit further down the avenue.
MASTER. Then he'll be here soon. It will be a lot of fun to see our lamp lighted again.