Madame Nérisse. Yes, do.
Thérèse [reading] Oh, it's too much. This is too kind. With a letter like this my article is certain to be read. Monsieur Nérisse is kind! Will you tell him how very grateful I am?
Madame Nérisse [coldly] Yes. [She makes an effort to be kind] I'll tell him, of course. But I dictated the letter myself. Monsieur Nérisse only signed it. [She rings]
Thérèse. Then I have one more kindness to thank you for.
Madame Nérisse [to the page boy] I expect Monsieur Cazarès.
Boy. Monsieur—?
Madame Nérisse. Our old editor—Monsieur Cazarès. You know him very well.
Boy. Oh, yes, Madame, yes!
Madame Nérisse. He will have another gentleman with him. You must show them straight into Monsieur Nérisse's room and let me know.
Boy. Yes, Madame.