The glasses which Julie has poured out are handed round. Caroline comes in.
DUPONT. M. Pouchelet, allow me to present to you my second daughter, Caroline.
POUCHELET [bows] Madame.
ANTONIN [correcting him] Mademoiselle. Mlle. Caroline has always refused to marry. She prefers to devote her life to her art.
MME. POUCHELET. You are an artist, mademoiselle? How delightful. I adore artists.
CAROLINE. I only paint a little on china.
ANTONIN. And she does it most beautifully.
POUCHELET. You must send something to our local exhibition.
ANTONIN. Excellent! M. Pouchelet is right. Why have you never sent anything?
CAROLINE. I only paint china plates, knick-knacks and so on.