Summary

Marc returns to Serge’s apartment and asks to see the painting again. Serge is cautious, but brings the painting out to admire again. Marc tells Serge that he has been thinking about the painting and that he may have been wrong the first time he saw it. Serge, who thinks that Marc is setting him up, asks what is wrong with him. Marc explains that he is trying to apologize. The two move on and start discussing Yvan and how annoying it is that he is always late. Marc tells Serge that he is obviously annoyed with him but is taking out his aggression on Yvan instead. In an aside to the audience, Serge says that Marc is getting on his nerves because it seems like he is forcing himself to be pleasant.

Yvan finally arrives, nearly forty-five minutes late, and explains that he has...