:45:03
Did he kiss her?
:45:04
No. He hinted at it, she said.
:45:07
Without kissing her? That's odd.
:45:10
But they want each other?
:45:12
Marius said he couldn't marry her.
:45:15
He won't say why.
:45:17
He doesn't answer,
and he makes her cry.
:45:21
Is that any way to behave?
:45:23
What's he waiting for? A princess?
:45:28
Don't lose your temper, Norine.
:45:31
Maybe he doesn't love her.
:45:33
Then why is he jealous of Panisse?
:45:37
This should be easy to settle.
:45:39
Do it then,
because if my child goes on crying,
:45:43
I'll set fire to this place.
:45:44
Calm down now, and sit down.
:45:49
We'll ask Marius about it
when he comes in.
:45:52
- Not me.
- Why?
:45:53
He mustn't know I was here.
:45:56
I know what men are like.
:45:57
If he hears I came to ask,
:45:59
whenever she lets fall a remark,
he'll say,
:46:02
"You asked for me.
:46:04
Your mother said you cried," etc.
:46:08
He'll hate her,
and they'll be unhappy.
:46:10
But Fanny mustn't talk
about Panisse either.
:46:15
I know what women are like.
:46:17
Their first quarrel and she'll say,
:46:20
"I turned down a wealthy man for you.
:46:23
I'd have had a car, a maid,
a boat," etc.
:46:28
It would be the end of him.
:46:31
I know all about that
from my poor wife.
:46:35
In 20 years she never let me forget
:46:37
the cattle dealer
who proposed to her.
:46:45
But there'll never be
another like her.
:46:51
You say nothing, and I'll see
she never mentions Panisse.
:46:56
Shall we drink to it?