Thérèse. You say you have experience; that only means you know about the past better than we do. But we know much better than you do about the present.
Féliat. I think those girls there are playing a dangerous game.
Thérèse. You needn't have the smallest anxiety about them.
Féliat. That way of going on might get them into great trouble.
Thérèse. It won't, I assure you. Monsieur Féliat, believe me, you know nothing about it.
Lucienne. We're clever enough to be able to take care of ourselves.
Féliat. But there are certain things that take you by storm.
Lucienne. Not us. Flirting is an amusement, a distraction, a game.
Thérèse. Shall we say a safety valve?
Lucienne. There's not a single one of us who doesn't understand the importance of running straight. And, to do them justice, these boys have no idea of tempting us to do anything else. What they want, what we all really want, is a quite conventional, satisfactory marriage.