Madame Vagret. Your examining magistrate?
Vagret. Yes. He's come to give me his reply. [To Catialéna] Show him in.
Madame Vagret. What reply?
Vagret. He has come to return me his brief.
Madame Vagret. The brief?
Vagret. Yes. I asked him to think it over until this evening.
Madame Vagret. He'll have to stay to dinner.
Vagret. No. You know perfectly well his health—Here he is. Run away.
Madame Vagret [amiably, as she goes out] Good-evening, Monsieur Delorme.
Delorme. Madame!