SCENE THIRD. Mademoiselle de Vaudrey and Felicite.
Mademoiselle de Vaudrey
Already here?
Felicite
Her grace the duchess dismissed me early.
Mademoiselle de Vaudrey
Has my niece given you no orders for the morning?
Felicite
None, madame.
Mademoiselle de Vaudrey A young man, named Monsieur Raoul de Frescas, is coming to call upon me towards noon; he may possibly ask for the duchess, but you must instruct Joseph to bring him to my apartment. (Exit.)
SCENE FOURTH.
Felicite (alone) A young man for her? Not a bit of it. I always said that there was some motive in my lady's retired way of living; she is rich, she is handsome, yet the duke does not love her; and now the first time she goes out, a young man comes next day to see her, and her aunt wishes to receive him. They keep me in the dark; I am neither trusted nor tipped. If this is the way chambermaids are to be treated under the new government, I don't know what will become of us. (A side door opens, two men are seen, and the door is immediately closed again.) At any rate we shall have a look at the young man. (Exit.)
SCENE FIFTH. Joseph and Vautrin. (Vautrin wears a tan-colored overcoat, trimmed with fur, over the black evening dress of a foreign diplomatic minister.)
Joseph That blasted girl! We would have been down in our luck if she had seen us.