Lange's perfect voice until the curtain came down on the last act, had not his friend de Batz seen the keen enchantment which the actress had produced on the young enthusiast.
Now de Batz was a man who never allowed an opportunity to slip by, if that opportunity led towards the furtherance of his own desires.

He did not want to lose sight of Armand just yet, and here the good demon Chance had given him an opportunity for obtaining what he wanted.
He waited quietly until the fall of the curtain at the end of Act II.; then, as Armand, with a sigh of delight, leaned back in his chair, and closing his eyes appeared to be living the last half-hour all over again, de Batz remarked with well-assumed indifference: "Mlle.

Lange is a promising young actress.

Do you not think so, my friend ?" "She has a perfect voice--it was exquisite melody to the ear," replied Armand.

"I was conscious of little else." "She is a beautiful woman, nevertheless," continued de Batz with a smile.