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Act 2 - Scene 3 |
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_ ACT II - SCENE THIRD The same persons and Madame Rousseau.
DUPRE. You may be sure, madame, that I shall employ every energy-- MME. ROUSSEAU. Oh! Thank you! But of course Jules is not guilty. To think of him as a conspirator! Poor child, how could any one suspect him, who trembles before me at the slightest reproach--me, his mother! Ah, monsieur, promise that you will restore him to me! ROUSSEAU. (entering the room) (To Antoine) Yes, carry the letter to General de Verby. I shall wait for him here. (To Dupre) I am glad to see you, my dear M. Dupre-- DUPRE. The battle will doubtless begin to-morrow; to-day preparations are being made, and the indictment drawn. ROUSSEAU. Has my poor Jules made any admissions? DUPRE. He has denied everything, and has played to perfection the part of an innocent man; but we are not able to oppose any testimony to that which is being brought against him. ROUSSEAU. Ah! Monsieur, save my son, and the half of my fortune shall be yours! DUPRE. If I had every half of a fortune that has been promised to me, I should be too rich for anything. ROUSSEAU. Do you question the extent of my gratitude? DUPRE. We will wait till the result of the trial is known, sir. MME. ROUSSEAU. Take pity on a poor mother! DUPRE. Madame, I swear to you nothing so much excites my curiosity and my sympathy, as a genuine sentiment. And at Paris sincerity is so rare that I cannot be indifferent to the grief of a family threatened with the loss of an only son. You may therefore rely upon me. ROUSSEAU. Ah! Monsieur! _ |
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