Duchess. (Laughing) Isn’t he amusing!
Jeanne. What nonsense you talk! Who would ever believe it to see you in the drawing-room! (Imitating him) Ah, yes, Monsieur le sénateur, the tide of democracy—the treaties of 1815—Oh! Oh! OH!
Paul. And you, dear! You certainly have made an impression on the hostess!
Mme. de Céran. Hmmm?
Paul. My compliments!
Jeanne. But, dearie, I only did what you suggested!
Paul. (Imitating her) “I only did what you suggested!”—Ah, little Miss Saintliness with her little voice! Oh, you filled the Countess full—of Joubert and Latin and Tocqueville—your own manufacture, too!
Mme. de Céran. What, her own manufacture?
Duchess. She is lovely! I like her all the more!
Jeanne. Well, I don’t feel any remorse—A woman who puts us in separate rooms!