Just so, my dear Aunt, Monsieur Martinel speaks truly.
MME. DE RONCHARD [crosses R.]
You ought to be beaten, you two! You know everything, and won't tell anything. How annoying men are! There is never any means of making them tell a secret.
MARTINEL
Jean will come presently and will tell you everything. Have a little patience.
PETITPRÉ
Yes; let us be calm. Let us talk of other things, or be silent, if we can.
MME. DE RONCHARD
Be silent! That is about, the most difficult thing—
A SERVANT [enters R.]