JEAN. Into my room then. Necessity knows no law. You can depend on
me for I am your real, genuine, respectful friend.
JULIE. But think if they found you there.
JEAN. I will turn the key and if they try to break in I'll shoot.
Come--come!
JULIE. [Meaningly]. You promise me--?
JEAN. I swear ...
[She exits R. Jean follows her.]
[BALLET.--The farm folk enter in holiday dress with flowers in
their hats, a fiddler in the lead. They carry a keg of home-brewed
beer and a smaller keg of gin, both decorated with greens which are
placed on the table. They help themselves to glasses and drink.
Then they sing and dance a country dance to the melody of "There
came two ladies out of the woods." When that is over they go out,
singing.]
[Enter Julie alone, sees the havoc the visitors have made, clasps
her hands, takes out powder box and powders her face. Enter Jean
exuberant.]
JEAN. There, you see, and you heard them. Do you think it's
possible for us to remain here any longer?
JULIE. No, I don't. But what's to be done?
JEAN. Fly! Travel--far from here!
JULIE. Travel--yes--but where?
JEAN. To Switzerland--to the Italian lakes. You have never been
there?
JULIE. No--is it beautiful there?
JEAN. Oh, an eternal summer! Oranges, trees, laurels--oh!
JULIE. But what shall we do there?
JEAN. I'll open a first-class hotel for first-class patrons.
JULIE. Hotel?
JEAN. That is life--you shall see! New faces constantly, different
languages.
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