Caroline Legrand, Mademoiselle Grégoire, Madame Chanteuil, and Mademoiselle de Meuriot come in. Mademoiselle de Meuriot is the only one who has kept her self-possession.
Mademoiselle Grégoire [speaking above the din] Good-bye, all. [She goes to the small salon from which she originally came in, and during the conversation that follows comes in putting on her hat, and goes out unnoticed at the back]
Thérèse. Well, what do you think of this?
Madame Chanteuil and Caroline Legrand [together] It's an insult.
Mademoiselle de Meuriot. You must try and keep quiet. [To Thérèse] What shall you do?
Thérèse. I shall leave.
Mademoiselle de Meuriot. You ought to stay.
Madame Chanteuil. No, Thérèse is right. We must all leave.
Thérèse. We must leave to-morrow—no, this evening.
Mademoiselle de Meuriot [quietly] Do you think that you'll be able to make better terms anywhere else?