Gertrude (aside)
Ah!
The General
He will be here soon.
Pauline
I am expecting him.
The General (aside)
There is a tremendous amount of bitterness in her tone.
(Marguerite appears with a tea-cup.)
Gertrude
It is too soon, Marguerite, the infusion can't yet be strong enough!
(She tastes it.) I must go and prepare it myself.
Marguerite
I have always been in the habit of waiting upon Mlle. Pauline.
Gertrude
What do you mean by speaking to me in this tone?
Marguerite
But--madame--
The General
Marguerite, if you say another word, we shall fall out.
Pauline
Marguerite, you may just as well let Madame de Grandchamp have her
way.
(Gertrude goes out with Marguerite.)
The General
And so my little girl has not much confidence in the father who loves
her so? Come now! Tell me why you so distinctly refused Godard
yesterday, and yet, accept him to-day?
Pauline
I suppose it is a young girl's whim.
The General
Are you in love with anybody else?
Pauline
It is because I am not in love with anybody else that I consent to
marry your friend M. Godard!
(Gertrude comes in with Marguerite.)
The General
Ah!
Gertrude
Take this, my darling, but be careful, for it is a little hot.
Pauline
Thank you, mother!
The General
Mother! Truly, this is enough to drive one crazy with perplexity!
Pauline
Marguerite, bring me the sugar basin!
(While Marguerite goes out and Gertrude talks with the General,
Pauline drops the poison into the cup and lets fall the paper which
contained it.
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