Voyez-vous pas que la nuit est profonde
Et que le monde
N'est que souci.
Madame Guéret [civilly] You have a delightful voice, Mademoiselle Lucienne.
Lucienne places her music on the piano with a smile to Madame Guéret.
René [to Lucienne, drawing her to the partition window and showing her where a pane has been removed] And your little window! Have you seen your little window? It was not there at the dress rehearsal. You lift it like this. It's supposed to be an opening in the wall. It ought to have been different; we were obliged to take out a pane. May I show her, Madame Guéret?
Madame Guéret [resigned] Yes, yes, of course.
René. You lift it like this; and to speak you'll lean forward, won't you, so that they may see you?
Lucienne. I will, yes.
René. Don't touch it now. [To Madame Guéret] You won't forget the bell, will you, Madame? There's plenty of time—ten minutes at least. I'll let you know. Mademoiselle Lucienne, now, time to go on.
Lucienne. Yes, yes. [She goes out]
Madame Guéret [with a sigh] To have a play being acted in the circumstances we're in—it's beyond everything! I cannot think how I came to allow it.