Pierre.

Well, you'll see! (Opens the door at the left.)

Julia.

Whew! It's like a blast from a furnace! And that disgusting odour--a mixture of perspiration and bad perfume--ugh!

Pierre.

That's from the roses of our by-gone days--they lie out there in great heaps.

Julia.

Close the door! Hurry--close it!

Pierre (does so).

I told you how it would be!