Vagret [after a brief silence] I haven't told you everything.
Madame Vagret. What is it?
Vagret [timidly] Cortan has been appointed Councillor at Amiens.
Madame Vagret [exasperated] Cortan! That idiot of a Cortan?
Vagret. Yes.
Madame Vagret. This is too much!
Vagret. What can you expect? The new Keeper of the Seals is in his department. You can't fight against that!
Madame Vagret. There's always something—Cortan! Won't she be making a show of herself—Madame Cortan—who spells "indictment" i-n-d-i-t-e? She'll be showing off her yellow hat! Don't you remember her famous yellow hat?
Vagret. No.
Madame Vagret. It's her husband who ought to wear that color!