ANNETTE. Don’t be long.
She goes out. Lucie tidies herself before a glass. Madame Bernin comes in.
MME. B. How do you do, Madame Brignac?
LUCIE. How do you do, madame?
MME. B. Are you quite well?
LUCIE. Very well, madame. And you?
MME. B. I need not ask after M. Brignac.
LUCIE. And M. Bernin?
MME. B. He’s very well, thank you.
LUCIE. Won’t you sit down?