DUPONT [with an air of importance] M. and Madame Mairaut will be here in an hour, at six o’clock.
MME. DUPONT. Yes?
DUPONT [craftily] And do you know why they are coming?
MME. DUPONT. No.
DUPONT. To ask for Julie’s hand in marriage. That’s all!
MME. DUPONT. For their son?
DUPONT. Well, my dear, it’s not for the Sultan of Turkey.
MME. DUPONT. M. Mairaut, the banker.
DUPONT. M. Mairaut, head of the Banque de l’Univers, 14 Rue des Trois-Chapeaux, second floor.
MME. DUPONT. Yes; but—