“I want you to get that invitation.”
“And if I do not?”
“I shall return immediately to Paris.”
“And break your word to me?”
“As easily as you break one of these nuts.”
“And if I get the invitation?”
“I shall fulfil my promise to the letter. I will tell her as I promised.”
“Out of love for me?”
“Out of love for you, and because the play no longer interests me.”
“I wonder what new devilment is at work in your mind?”