There was a "b-r-r-r!" in the lobby. Charmian started violently.
"What can that be?"
Claude went to the door, and returned with Armand Gillier.
"Oh, Monsieur Gillier!"
Charmian looked at Gillier's large and excited eyes.
"You are coming with us?"
"If you allow me, madame!" said Gillier formally, bowing over her hand. "It seems to me that the collaborators should go together."
"Of course. It's still early, but we may as well start. The theater's pulling at me—pulling!"
"My wife's quite strung up!" said Claude, smiling.