The conversation that follows is broken by long silences.
MME. DUPONT. I have brought back the child and the nurse.
GEORGE. Is baby ill?
MME. DUPONT. Yes.
GEORGE. What’s wrong with her?
MME. DUPONT. Nothing serious; at least for the moment.
GEORGE. We must send for the doctor.
MME. DUPONT. I have just come from the doctor’s.
GEORGE. Good. I’m not going out. I’ll wait for him.
MME. DUPONT. I have seen him.