CAROLINE. I thought it better. After Julie’s marriage I preferred it.
COURTHEZON. It must cost more.
CAROLINE [shrugs] I daresay. [Pause]. You are going to have a lovely night for your journey. How bright the moon is! One can see as clearly as if it were broad daylight.
COURTHEZON [suddenly remembering] There now! I was just going to forget! I brought a letter for M. Dupont from the office. It came after he left. It’s about the printing contract for the Prefecture.
CAROLINE. For the Prefecture. He’ll want to see that directly he comes in.
COURTHEZON. And now I really must be off. Good-bye, Mlle. Caro.
CAROLINE. Good-bye, M. Courthezon. [He goes out].
After Courthezon’s departure Caroline returns to her seat. She makes a slight sign of the cross, closes her eyes and sits motionless, praying silently. After a few seconds she again crosses herself, but does all this very quietly. Lignol comes in through the glass doors, giving his arm to Julie. Antonin and M. and Madame Mairaut follow.
ANTONIN. We shall be more comfortable here than in the garden. It’s getting rather chilly. [To Lignol] You can smoke.
LIGNOL. We really could have stayed out quite well.