Scène IX

1 . Madame Perrichon finds the young man ail alone. She thinks him quite fashionable.

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2. Her family cornes from near Etampes where Armand 's bank has a correspondent.

3. He remembers a man named Pingley. This is a bond between them, because Pingley is a cousin of Madame Perrichon.

4. Armand says that he and the Perrichons hâve not met by chance.

5. He loves Henriette and proposes to the mother that he should marry her daughter.

6. As soon as the father returns Madame Perrichon will give the answer.