[Exit.

DEVIL, to OLGA

Quite a little comedy.

OLGA, at door R.

You think so?

KARL, to MIMI, pointing to the studio

Please step in there, Fräulein; I'll be with you in a minute.

[KARL turns to OLGA with hand out-stretched, as if to say good-bye. OLGA pretends not to see it and bows coldly.

DEVIL, whispers to OLGA

You were good enough to invite me for this evening: I am now going to repay your kindness. In five minutes I shall be back here to interrupt this tête-à-tête. Watch me forget my overcoat.