(Enter Chanoine-Malherbe, down-stage left, at the moment when the Officer appears in the door center.)
Chanoine-Malherbe. Ce commissaire—? Ah!
Officer. Well, what is it? Is this the gentleman who wanted me? Why couldn’t you have called at the station yourself?
Chanoine-Malherbe. Oui.
Officer. No “Oui” about it. That’s the way we do things in our country.
Chanoine-Malherbe. Oui.
Officer. I can see you’re a foreigner, only next time you’ll know what to do.
Chanoine-Malherbe. Oui.
Cashier. He doesn’t understand a word of English.
Officer. And I don’t understand a word of French. We’ll get on fine together!