SCENE FOURTH
The same persons, Pauline and Gertrude.
The General (catching sight of Pauline)
Ah! Here you are, darling.
Gertrude
Doesn't she look beautiful?
Godard
Madame.
Gertrude
Forgive me, sir. I had no eyes excepting for my handiwork.
Godard
Mademoiselle is radiant!
Gertrude We have some people to dinner to-day, and I am something more than a stepmother to her; I love to deck her out, for she is to me like my own daughter.
Godard (aside)
They were evidently expecting me!
Gertrude (aside to Godard) I am going to leave you alone with her. Now is the time for your declaration. (To the General) My dear, let us go out on the veranda and see if our friend the doctor is coming.