 Remembering Madame Angot's amorous flights, Pitou remains hopeful that Clairette will take after her mother and may one day be interested in him again.In "The Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre" (2001), Kurt Gänzl describes Lecocq's score as "a non-stop run of winning numbers".He singles out in Act 1 Clairette's "sweetly grateful romance 'Je vous dois tout'"; Amaranthe's "Légende de la mère Angot