LUCIE. Oh yes, yes.
MADELEINE. Dr. Bar wanted to have a consultation with him about your children, didn’t he?
LUCIE. Of course; I know.
MADELEINE. I’ve just met him at the Parmillets’.
LUCIE. What, he’s at Chartres!
MADELEINE. He’s going to see his brother somewhere or other not far off, and so he came through Chartres to visit the wonderful cave. In the one week since they found it he must be at least the twentieth man of science to come and pore over these old prehistoric bones.
LUCIE. But I thought he was a specialist for—
MADELEINE. Yes; the skeletons are just a relaxation.
LUCIE. Oh! Well—
MADELEINE. He’s a great friend of the Parmillets. So as I had the chance, I asked him to come here, and he said he would.