ACT II
The Poet's Eating-House.
Ragueneau's cook and pastry shop. A large kitchen at the corner of the Rue St. Honoré and the Rue de l’ Arbre Sec—which are seen in the background through the glass door, in the grey dawn.
On the left, in the foreground, a counter, surmounted by a stand in forged iron, on which are hung geese, ducks, and white peacocks. In great china vases are tall bouquets of simple flowers, principally yellow sunflowers.
On the same side, further back, an immense open fireplace, in front of which, between monster fire-dogs, on each of which hangs a little saucepan, the roasts are dripping into the pans.
On the right, foreground with door.
Further back, staircase leading to a little room under the roof, the entrance of which is visible through the open shutter. In this room a table is laid. A small Flemish lustre is alight. It is a place for eating and drinking. A wooden gallery continuing the staircase apparently leads to other similar little rooms.
In the middle of the shop an iron hoop is suspended from the ceiling by a string with which it can be drawn up and down, and big game is hung around it.
