He, too, can ride and fence and write On this old turquoise reliquaire, My great-great Grandmother's !!— (After a pause.) I feel so sad. NINETTE. NINETTE! I too. But why? NINON. Alas, I know not! NINETTE (with a sigh). Nor do I. BABETTE (entering hurriedly). Coming, M'sieu'! If M'sieu' speaks So loud, he won't be well for weeks! M. VIEUXBOIS. Ah! I am old,—and I forget. Was the place growing green, BABETTE? BABETTE. But of a greenness !—yes, M'sieu' ! And then the sky so blue! -so blue! And when I dropped my immortelle, How the birds sang! (Lifting her apron to her eyes.) This poor Ma'am'selle! M. VIEUXBOIS, You're a good girl, BABETTE, but she, She was an Angel, verily. Sometimes I think I see her yet Stand smiling by the cabinet; And once, I know, she peeped and laughed Betwixt the curtains Where's the draught? (She gives him a cup.) Now I shall sleep, I think, BABETTE ;— BABETTE (sings). "Once at the Angelus |