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_ ACT IV - SCENE FOURTH The same persons and De Verby.
MME. ROUSSEAU and MME. DU BROCARD. Ah! DE VERBY. Everything is going on well! My presence was no longer necessary, so I return to you. There are great hopes of your son's acquittal. The charge of the presiding judge is decidedly in his favor. MME. ROUSSEAU. (joyfully) Thank God! DE VERBY. Jules has behaved admirably! My brother the Comte de Verby is very much interested in his favor. My niece looks upon him as a hero, and I know courage and honorable conduct when I see them. When once this affair has been settled, we will hasten the marriage. MME. ROUSSEAU. We ought to tell you, sir, that we have made certain promises to this young girl. MME. DU BROCARD. Never mind that, sister. DE VERBY. Doubtless the young girl deserves some recompense, and I suppose you will give her fifteen or twenty thousand francs,--that is due her. MME. DU BROCARD. You see, sister, that M. de Verby is a noble and generous man, and since he has fixed upon this sum, I think it will be sufficient. JUSTINE. M. Rousseau! MME. DU BROCARD. O brother! MME. ROUSSEAU. Dear husband! _ |
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