HENRIETTE. But I remember, a little while ago, I made you suffer——

JACQUES. Yes, I was unhappy. But "if after every storm comes such a calm"——

HENRIETTE. It was all my fault. You understand me; you are truly a friend.

JACQUES. Nothing more?

[Rising, but standing near her. Henriette blushingly looks down at her shoe.

HENRIETTE. Oh——

JACQUES. Prove that you mean that sincerely.

HENRIETTE. What have I to do? [Same business.

JACQUES. Place your future in my hands; marry me.

HENRIETTE. [With downcast eyes.] I was just thinking about it. [Same business, but with repressed joy.