BRIGNAC [gaily] You know what I said: as long as we haven’t a boy—
LUCIE [brightly] We ought to have a trip to Switzerland first.
BRIGNAC. No, no, no. We have only girls: I want a boy.
LUCIE [laughing] Is it the Minister’s circular that—
BRIGNAC. No, it is not the Minister’s circular.
LUCIE. Then let me have time to breathe.
BRIGNAC. You can breathe afterwards.
LUCIE. Before.
BRIGNAC. After.