SCENE I.
(Same setting as in Act I.)
(Monsieur de Petitpré, Mme. de Ronchard, M. Martinel, and Léon.)
MME. DE RONCHARD [walks about in an agitated manner]
Seven minutes to midnight! It is nearly two hours since Jean left us!
LEON [seated L.]
But, my dear Aunt, just allow a half hour in the carriage for going and a half hour for returning, and there remains just one hour for the business he had to attend to.
MME. DE RONCHARD
Was it so very long, then—the business that called him hence?
LEON