“Oh! I know it only too well; I heard him. But how did it happen?”
“We thought he had gone downstairs, and we opened our door; but he was on the watch; he saw Agathe and came in. Then there was a terrible scene, for he suspected that she came here with you; I’m not the one of whom he is jealous.”
“Parbleu! I know only too well that it’s I. I saw plainly enough just now that he didn’t believe what I told him. He had doubts; perhaps he saw us coming along the boulevard.”
“That is quite possible; you are so infernally imprudent! When you arrange such a party as this, you should take a cab, and enter the restaurant by the rear door.”
“That’s so; you are right; we ought to have come in from behind! but I promise you that I’ll go out that way.”
“He thought at first that I was in your confidence, that I was here solely to help you. In fact, I am exposing myself to some risk in your behalf.”
“Ah! my dear Dorsan! never while I live shall I forget what I owe to you!”
“However, things are beginning to calm down. Agathe has succeeded in making him listen to reason; she told him that she came here for no other purpose than to watch him; she’s playing the jealous lover now.”
“Oh! that’s delicious! charming! these women always find a way out of everything!”
“I should prefer to let them dine alone; but he won’t listen to it. I left the room on the pretext of ordering dinner.”