MME. DE RONCHARD
What else could I do. When a woman is alone and has no children—and I was married such a short time—do you know what I am, after all? Simply an old maid, and like all old maids—
LÉON [finishes the sentence for her]
You love toy dogs.
MME. DE RONCHARD
As much as I hate men.
LÉON
You mean to say one man. Well, I could hardly blame you for hating him.
MME. DE RONCHARD
And you know for what kind of girl he abandoned and ruined me. You never saw her, did you?