Mme. de Céran. The Count!
Duchess. Roger!
Lucy. His carriage has just come into the court.
Mme. de Céran. At last!
Duchess. Were you afraid he wouldn’t return?
Mme. de Céran. I feared he would not return in time. I was anxious about that place for him.
Lucy. Oh, he wrote me this morning that he would return to-day, Thursday.
Duchess. And you missed one of the Professor’s lectures in order to see him that much sooner. Hm, that’s lovely!
Lucy. That wasn’t the reason, Madame.
Duchess. (Aside to Mme. de Céran) You see?—No? Why then?