Madame Caillaux, Part 2 of 7

(Calmette, the editor of "Le Figaro" newspaper, is ending his chat with his friend, Burget, as he returns to his office. The "other Lipps" refers to the Brasserie Lipps, a fashionable Paris restaurant. He's pleased to see a glamorous woman awaiting him, but does not realise she is about to murder him.) 2. Gaston Calmette Just think? How? Yesterday? He was? (Alive to women's charms, dear Bourget, I must take my leave of you. A lady has arrived, and I must sacrifice all, for her sake.) You'll dine with me tonight? I want to know just how the story ends. Forgive the quip, but duty calls: I see her waiting, so I'll try these lips, and then the other Lipps. Just after five. Chapelle Expiatoire. I'll soon be finished here: shall we say eight? Let's dress for dinner -- what of rouge-et-noir? I'm sure that one of us will show up late! I wonder who she is, and what she wants. A woman, on her own -- it makes no sense. So beautifully-dressed. Not one who haunts hacks' offices. Une dame d'influence. What could her reason be for calling here, I wonder? Why she'd do it - it's unclear.