LUCIE. But the children are with their granny in the country.
MADELEINE. Oh, dear. Couldn’t you send for them?
LUCIE. Yes, certainly. But when is Dr. Hourtin going?
MADELEINE. At five o’clock. He wanted to go to his brother first.
LUCIE. There’d hardly be time.
MADELEINE. No. Suppose we were to ask him to come this evening on his way back?
LUCIE. Do you think he would?
MADELEINE. Oh, yes; he’s a charming man.
LUCIE. What a piece of luck! If he could only cure my poor babies!
MADELEINE. They say he works wonders. And where is our little Annette?