MADELEINE. Gone!
LUCIE. Yes. Quick! Go!
Madeleine goes out. Enter Brignac.
BRIGNAC. What is all this noise about?
LUCIE. Julien, I’ve something very serious to say to you. A disaster has fallen on us.
BRIGNAC. The children!
LUCIE. No; it’s about Annette.
BRIGNAC. Is she ill?
LUCIE. Not ill, but in cruel, horrible grief.
BRIGNAC. Grief at her age! A love affair, eh? She’s been jilted?