(_To_ CRIQUET) Quick, some
seats; (_to_ ANDREE) and you, light two wax candles in my silver
candlesticks; it is getting late. What is it now? why do you look so
scared?
AND. Ma'am.
COUN. Well--Ma'am--what is the matter?
AND. It is that....
COUN. What?
AND. I have no wax candles, but only dips.
COUN. The simpleton! And where are the wax candles I bought a few days
ago?
AND. I have seen none since I have been here.
COUN. Get out from my presence, rude girl. I will send you back to
your home again. Bring me a glass of water.
SCENE VII.--THE COUNTESS and JULIA (_making much ceremony before
they sit down_).
COUN. Madam
JU. Madam!
COUN. Ah! Madam!
JU. Ah! Madam!
COUN. Madam, I beg of you!
JU. Madam, I beg of you!
COUN. Oh! Madam!
JU. Oh! Madam!
COUN. Pray, Madam!
JU. Pray, Madam!
COUN. Now really, Madam!
JU. Now really, Madam!
COUN. I am in my own house, Madam! We are agreed as to that. Do you
take me for a provincial, Madam?
JU. Oh! Heaven forbid, Madam!
SCENE VIII.--THE COUNTESS, JULIA, ANDREE (_who brings a glass of
water_), CRIQUET.
COUN. (_to_ ANDREE). Get along with you, you hussy. I drink with
a salver. I tell you that you must go and fetch me a salver.
AND. Criquet, what's a salver?
CRI. A salver?
AND.
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