Madame Guéret [to her husband] You really might have given her time to ask us. [To Thérèse] We take it that you have asked us, and we answer that we will keep you with us.
Guéret. We are going to Evreux. My brother-in-law is giving me work in his factory.
Madame Guéret. We will keep you with us, but on certain conditions.
Thérèse. Thank you very much, godmamma, but I mean to stay in Paris.
Guéret. You don't understand. We are going to live at Evreux.
Thérèse. But I am going to live in Paris.
Guéret. Then it is I who do not understand.
Thérèse. All the same—[A silence]
Madame Guéret. I can hardly believe that you propose to live in Paris by yourself.
Thérèse [simply] I do, godmamma.