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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PAMELA GIRAUD ***
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+Produced by John Bickers and Dagny
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+
+PAMELA GIRAUD
+by Honore de Balzac
+
+Etext prepared by Dagny, dagnypg@yahoo.com
+              and John Bickers, jbickers@ihug.co.nz
+
+
+
+                            PAMELA GIRAUD
+                         A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS
+
+                                  BY
+
+                           HONORE DE BALZAC
+
+
+
+  Presented for the First Time at Paris at the Theatre de la Gaite,
+                          September 26, 1843
+
+
+
+                         PERSONS OF THE PLAY
+
+General de Verby
+Dupre, a lawyer
+Rousseau, a wealthy merchant
+Jules Rousseau, his son
+Joseph Binet
+Giraud, a porter
+Chief of Special Police
+Antoine, servant to the Rousseaus
+
+Pamela Giraud
+Madame du Brocard, a widow; aunt of Jules Rousseau
+Madame Rousseau
+Madame Giraud
+Justine, chambermaid to Madame Rousseau
+
+Sheriff
+Magistrate
+Police Officers
+Gendarmes
+
+SCENE: Paris
+
+TIME: During the Napoleonic plots under Louis XVIII. (1815-1824)
+
+
+
+
+
+                            PAMELA GIRAUD
+
+
+
+                                ACT I
+
+
+                             SCENE FIRST
+
+(Setting is an attic and workshop of an artificial flower-maker. It is
+poorly lighted by means of a candle placed on the work-table. The
+ceiling slopes abruptly at the back allowing space to conceal a man.
+On the right is a door, on the left a fireplace. Pamela is discovered
+at work, and Joseph Binet is seated near her.)
+
+Pamela, Joseph Binet and later Jules Rousseau.
+
+
+Pamela
+Monsieur Joseph Binet!
+
+Joseph
+Mademoiselle Pamela Giraud!
+
+Pamela
+I plainly see that you wish me to hate you.
+
+Joseph
+The idea! What? And this is the beginning of our love--Hate me!
+
+Pamela
+Oh, come! Let us talk sensibly.
+
+Joseph
+You do not wish, then, that I should express how much I love you?
+
+Pamela
+Ah! I may as well tell you plainly, since you compel me to do so, that
+I do not wish to become the wife of an upholsterer's apprentice.
+
+Joseph
+Is it necessary to become an emperor, or something like that, in order
+to marry a flower-maker?
+
+Pamela
+No. But it is necessary to be loved, and I don't love you in any way
+whatever.
+
+Joseph
+In any way! I thought there was only one way of loving.
+
+Pamela
+So there is, but there are many ways of not loving. You can be my
+friend, without my loving you.
+
+Joseph
+Oh!
+
+Pamela
+I can look upon you with indifference--
+
+Joseph
+Ah!
+
+Pamela
+You can be odious to me! And at this moment you weary me, which is
+worse!
+
+Joseph
+I weary her! I who would cut myself into fine pieces to do all that
+she wishes!
+
+Pamela
+If you would do what I wish, you would not remain here.
+
+Joseph
+And if I go away--Will you love me a little?
+
+Pamela
+Yes, for the only time I like you is when you are away!
+
+Joseph
+And if I never came back?
+
+Pamela
+I should be delighted.
+
+Joseph
+Zounds! Why should I, senior apprentice with M. Morel, instead of
+aiming at setting up business for myself, fall in love with this young
+lady? It is folly! It certainly hinders me in my career; and yet I
+dream of her--I am infatuated with her. Suppose my uncle knew it!--But
+she is not the only woman in Paris, and, after all, Mlle. Pamela
+Giraud, who are you that you should be so high and mighty?
+
+Pamela
+I am the daughter of a poor ruined tailor, now become a porter. I gain
+my own living--if working night and day can be called living--and it
+is with difficulty that I snatch a little holiday to gather lilacs in
+the Pres-Saint-Gervais; and I certainly recognize that the senior
+apprentice of M. Morel is altogether too good for me. I do not wish to
+enter a family which believes that it would thus form a mesalliance.
+The Binets indeed!
+
+Joseph
+But what has happened to you in the last eight or ten days, my dear
+little pet of a Pamela? Up to ten days ago I used to come and cut out
+your flowers for you, I used to make the stalks for the roses, and the
+hearts for the violets; we used to talk together, we sometimes used to
+go to the play, and have a good cry there--and I was "good Joseph,"
+"my little Joseph"--a Joseph in fact of the right stuff to make your
+husband. All of a sudden--Pshaw! I became of no account.
+
+Pamela
+Now you must really go away. Here you are neither in the street, nor
+in your own house.
+
+Joseph
+Very well, I'll be off, mademoiselle--yes, I'll go away! I'll have a
+talk in the porter's lodge with your mother; she does not ask anything
+better than my entrance into the family, not she; she won't change her
+mind!
+
+Pamela
+All right! Instead of entering her family, enter her lodge, the
+porter's lodge, M. Joseph! Go and talk with my mother, go on!-- (Exit
+Joseph.) Perhaps he'll keep their attention so that M. Adolph can get
+up stairs without being seen. Adolph Durand! What a pretty name! There
+is half a romance in it! And what a handsome young man! For the last
+fifteen days he has absolutely persecuted me. I knew that I was rather
+pretty; but I never believed I was all he called me. He must be an
+artist, or a government official! Whatever he is, I can't help liking
+him; he is so aristocratic! But what if his appearance were deceitful,
+and there were anything wrong about him!--For the letter which he has
+just sent me has an air of mystery about it-- (She draws a letter from
+her bosom and reads it) "Expect me this evening. I wish to see you
+alone, and, if possible, to enter unnoticed by any one; my life is in
+danger, and oh! if you only knew what a terrible misfortune threatens
+me! Adolph Durand." He writes in pencil. His life is in danger--Ah!
+How anxious I feel!
+
+Joseph (returning)
+Just as I was going down stairs, I said to myself: "Why should Pamela"
+
+(Jules' head appears at the window.)
+
+Pamela
+Ah!
+
+Joseph
+What's the matter?
+
+(Jules disappears.)
+
+Pamela
+I thought I saw--I mean--I thought I heard a sound overhead. Just go
+into the garret. Some one perhaps has hidden there. You are not
+afraid, are you?
+
+Joseph
+No.
+
+Pamela
+Very well! Go up and search! Otherwise I shall be frightened for the
+whole night.
+
+Joseph
+I will go at once. I will climb over the roof if you like.
+
+(He passes through a narrow door that leads to the garret.)
+
+Pamela (follows him)
+Be quick! (Jules enters.) Ah! sir, what trouble you are giving me!
+
+Jules
+It is to save my life, and perhaps you will never regret it. You know
+how much I love you!
+
+(He kisses her hand.)
+
+Pamela
+I know that you have told me so; but you treat me--
+
+Jules
+As my deliverer.
+
+Pamela
+You wrote to me--and your letter has filled me with trouble--I know
+neither who you are--
+
+Joseph (from the outer room)
+Mademoiselle, I am in the garret. I have looked over the whole roof.
+
+Jules
+He is coming back--Where can I hide?
+
+Pamela
+But you must not stay here!
+
+Jules
+You wish to ruin me, Pamela!
+
+Pamela
+Look, hide yourself there!
+
+(She points to the cranny under the sloping roof.)
+
+Joseph (returning)
+Are you alone, mademoiselle?
+
+Pamela
+No; for are not you here?
+
+Joseph
+I heard something like the voice of a man. The voice came from below.
+
+Pamela
+Nonsense, more likely it came from above--Look down the staircase--
+
+Joseph
+Oh! But I am sure--
+
+Pamela
+Nonsense. Leave me, sir; I wish to be alone.
+
+Joseph
+Alone, with a man's voice?
+
+Pamela
+I suppose you don't believe me?
+
+Joseph
+But I heard it plain enough.
+
+Pamela
+You heard nothing.
+
+Joseph
+Ah! Pamela!
+
+Pamela
+If you prefer to believe the sounds which you say reached your ears,
+rather than the words I speak, you would make a very bad husband. That
+is quite sufficient for me.
+
+Joseph
+That doesn't prove that I did not hear--
+
+Pamela
+Since I can't convince you, you can believe what you like. Yes! you
+did hear a voice, the voice of a young man, who is in love with me,
+and who does whatever I wish--He disappears when he is asked, and
+comes when he is wanted. And now what are you waiting for? Do you
+think that while he is here, your presence can be anything but
+disagreeable to us? Go and ask my father and mother what his name is.
+He must have told them when he came up stairs--he, and the voice you
+heard.
+
+Joseph
+Mlle. Pamela, forgive a poor youth who is mad with love. It is not
+only my heart that I have lost, but my head also, when I think of you.
+I know that you are just as good as you are beautiful, I know that you
+have in your soul more treasures of sweetness than you ever show, and
+so I know that you are right, and were I to hear ten voices, were I to
+see ten men here, I would care nothing about it. But one--
+
+Pamela
+Well, what of it?
+
+Joseph
+A single one--that is what wounds me. But I must be off; it seems
+funny that I should have said all that to you. I know quite well that
+there is no one here but you. Till we meet again, Mlle. Pamela; I am
+going--I trust you.
+
+Pamela (aside)
+He evidently does not feel quite sure.
+
+Joseph (aside)
+There is some one here! I will run down and tell the whole matter to
+her father and mother. (Aloud) Adieu, Mlle. Pamela. (Exit.)
+
+
+                             SCENE SECOND
+
+Pamela and Jules.
+
+
+Pamela
+M. Adolph, you see to what you are exposing me. That poor lad is a
+workman, a most kind-hearted fellow; he has an uncle rich enough to
+set him up in business; he wishes to marry me, and in one moment I
+have lost my prospects--and for whom? I do not know you, and from the
+manner in which you imperil the reputation of a young girl who has no
+capital but her good behavior, I conclude that you think you have the
+right to do so. You are rich and you make sport of poor people!
+
+Jules
+No, my dear Pamela. I know who you are, and I take you at your true
+value. I love you, I am rich, and we will never leave one another. My
+traveling carriage is with a friend, at the gate of St. Denis; we will
+proceed on foot to catch it; I intend embarking for England. You must
+come with me. I cannot explain my intentions now, for the least delay
+may prove fatal to me.
+
+Pamela
+What do you mean?
+
+Jules
+You shall see--
+
+Pamela
+Are you in your right senses, M. Adolph? After having followed me
+about for a month, seen me twice at a dance, written me several
+declarations, such as young men of your sort write to any and every
+woman, you point-blank propose an elopement!
+
+Jules
+Oh, I beg of you, don't delay an instant! You'll repent of this for
+the rest of your life, and you will see too late what mischief you
+have done.
+
+Pamela
+But, my dear sir, you can perhaps explain yourself in a couple of
+words.
+
+Jules
+No,--for the secret is a matter of life and death to several persons.
+
+Pamela
+If it were only to save your life, whoever you are, I would do a good
+deal; but what assistance could I be to you in your flight! Why do you
+want to take me to England?
+
+Jules
+What a child you are! No one, of course, would suspect anything of two
+runaway lovers! And, let me tell you, I love you well enough to
+disregard everything else, and even to brave the anger of my parents--
+Once we are married at Gretna Green--
+
+Pamela
+Oh, /mon Dieu/! I am quite non-plussed! Here's a handsome young man
+urges you--implores you--and talks of marriage--
+
+Jules
+They are mounting the staircase--I am lost!--You have betrayed me!--
+
+Pamela
+M. Adolph, you alarm me! What is going to happen? Wait a moment, I
+will go and see.
+
+Jules
+In any case, take and keep this twenty thousand francs. It will be
+safer with you than in the hands of the police--I have only half an
+hour longer and all will be over.
+
+Pamela
+There is nothing to fear--It is only my father and mother.
+
+Jules
+You have the kindness of an angel. I trust my fate with you. But you
+must know that both of us must leave this house at once; and I swear
+on my honor, that nothing but good shall result to you.
+
+(He hides again under the roof.)
+
+
+                             SCENE THIRD
+
+Pamela, M. Giraud and Mme. Giraud.
+
+
+Pamela (who stands in such a way as to prevent her parents from
+entering fully into the room; aside)
+Evidently here is a man in danger--and a man who loves me--two reasons
+why I should be interested in him.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+How is this, Pamela--you the solace of all our misfortunes, the prop
+of our old age, our only hope!
+
+Giraud
+A girl brought up on the strictest principles.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Keep quiet, Giraud! You don't know what you are talking about.
+
+Giraud
+Certainly, Madame Giraud.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+And besides all this, Pamela, your example was cited in all the
+neighborhood as a girl who'd be useful to your parents in their
+declining years!
+
+Giraud
+And worthy to receive the prize of virtue!
+
+Pamela
+Then what is the meaning of all these reproaches?
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Joseph has just told us that you had a man hidden in your room.
+
+Giraud
+Yes--he heard the voice.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Silence, Giraud!--Pamela--pay no attention to your father--
+
+Pamela
+And do you, mother, pay no attention to Joseph.
+
+Giraud
+What did I tell you on the stairs, Madame Giraud? Pamela knows how we
+count upon her. She wishes to make a good match as much on our account
+as on her own; her heart bleeds to see us porters, us, the authors of
+her life! She is too sensible to blunder in this matter. Is it not so,
+my child, you would not deceive your father?
+
+Mme. Giraud
+There is nobody here, is there, my love? For a young working-girl to
+have any one in her room, at ten o'clock at night--well--she runs a
+risk of losing--
+
+Pamela
+But it seems to me that if I had any one you would have seen him on
+his way up.
+
+Giraud
+She is right.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+She does not answer straight out. Please open the door of this room.
+
+Pamela
+Mother, stop! Do not come in here,--you shall not come in here!--
+Listen to me; as I love you, mother, and you, father, I have nothing
+to reproach myself with!--and I swear to it before God!--Do not in a
+moment withdraw from your daughter the confidence which you have had
+in her for so long a time.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+But why not tell us?
+
+Pamela (aside)
+Impossible! If they were to see this young man every one would soon
+know all about it.
+
+Giraud (interrupting her)
+We are your father and mother, and we must see!
+
+Pamela
+For the first time in my life, I refuse to obey you!--But you force me
+to it!--These lodgings are rented by me from the earnings of my work!
+I am of age and mistress of my own actions.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Oh, Pamela! Can this be you, on whom we have placed all our hopes?
+
+Giraud
+You will ruin yourself!--and I shall remain a porter to the end of my
+days.
+
+Pamela
+You needn't be afraid of that! Well--I admit that there is some one
+here; but silence! You must go down stairs again to your lodge. You
+must tell Joseph that he does not know what he is talking about, that
+you have searched everywhere, that there is no one in my lodging; you
+must send him away--then you shall see this young man; you shall learn
+what I purpose doing. But you must keep everything the most profound
+secret.
+
+Giraud
+Unhappy girl! What do you take us for? (He sees the banknotes on the
+table.) Ah! what is this? Banknotes!
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Banknotes! (She recoils from Pamela.) Pamela, where did you get them?
+
+Pamela
+I will tell you when I write.
+
+Giraud
+When you write! She must be going to elope!
+
+
+                             SCENE FOURTH
+
+The same persons, and Joseph Binet.
+
+
+Joseph (entering)
+I was quite sure that there was something wrong about him!--He is a
+ringleader of thieves! The gendarmes, the magistrate, all the
+excitement she showed mean something--and now the house is surrounded!
+
+Jules (appearing)
+I am lost!
+
+Pamela
+I have done all that I could!
+
+Giraud
+And you, sir, who are you?
+
+Joseph
+Are you a--?
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Speak!
+
+Jules
+But for this idiot, I would have escaped! You will now have the ruin
+of an innocent man on your consciences.
+
+Pamela
+M. Adolph, are you innocent?
+
+Jules
+I am!
+
+Pamela
+What shall we do? (Pointing to the dormer window.)  You can elude
+their pursuit that way out.
+
+(She opens the dormer window and finds the police agents on the roof
+outside.)
+
+Jules
+It is too late. All you can do is to confirm my statement. You must
+declare that I am your daughter's lover; that I have asked you to give
+her in marriage to me; that I am of age; that my name is Adolph
+Durand, son of a rich business man of Marseilles.
+
+Giraud
+He offers her lawful love and wealth!--Young man, I willingly take you
+under my protection.
+
+
+                             SCENE FIFTH
+
+
+The same persons, a sheriff, a police officer and gendarmes.
+
+
+Giraud
+Sir, what right have you to enter an occupied dwelling--the domicile
+of a peaceable young girl?
+
+Joseph
+Yes, what right have you--?
+
+The sheriff
+Young man, don't you worry about our right!--A few moments ago you
+were very friendly and slowed us where the unknown might be found, but
+now you have suddenly changed your tune.
+
+Pamela
+Bit what are you looking for? What do you want?
+
+The sheriff
+You seem to be well aware that we are looking for somebody.
+
+Giraud
+Sir, my daughter has no one with her but her future husband, M.--
+
+The sheriff
+Rousseau.
+
+Pamela
+M. Adolph Durand.
+
+Giraud
+Rousseau I don't know.--The gentleman I refer to is M. Adolph Durand.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Son of a respectable merchant of Marseilles.
+
+Joseph
+Ah! you have been deceiving me! Ah!--That is the secret of your
+coldness, and he is--
+
+The sheriff (to the officer of the police)
+This does not seem to be the man?
+
+The officer
+Oh, yes, I am sure of it! (to the gendarmes) Carry out my orders.
+
+Jules
+Monsieur, I am the victim of some mistake; my name is not Jules
+Rousseau.
+
+The officer
+Oh! but you know his first name, which none of us has as yet
+mentioned.
+
+Jules
+But I heard some one say it. Here are my papers, which are perfectly
+correct.
+
+The sheriff
+Let me see them, please.
+
+Giraud
+Gentlemen, I assure you and declare to you--
+
+The officer
+If you go on in this way, and wish to make us believe that this
+gentleman is Adolph Durand, son of a merchant of--
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Of Marseilles--
+
+The officer
+You may all be arrested as his accomplices, locked up in jail this
+evening, and implicated in an affair from which you will not easily
+get off. Have you any regard for the safety of your neck?
+
+Giraud
+A great deal!
+
+The officer
+Very well! Hold your tongue, then.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Do hold your tongue, Giraud!
+
+Pamela
+Merciful heaven! Why did I not believe him at once!
+
+The sheriff (to his agents)
+Search the gentleman!
+
+(The agent takes out Jules' pocket handkerchief.)
+
+The officer
+It is marked with a J and an R. My dear sir, you are not very clever!
+
+Joseph
+What can he have done? Have you anything to do with it, mademoiselle?
+
+Pamela
+You are the sole cause of the trouble. Never speak to me again!
+
+The officer
+Monsieur, here we have the check for your dinner--you dined at the
+Palais Royal. While you were there you wrote a letter in pencil. One
+of your friends brought the letter here. His name was M. Adolph
+Durand, and he lent you his passport. We are certain of your identity;
+you are M. Jules Rousseau.
+
+Joseph
+The son of the rich M. Rousseau, whose house we are furnishing?
+
+The sheriff
+Hold your tongue!
+
+The officer
+You must come with us.
+
+Jules
+Certainly, monsieur. (To Giraud and his wife) Forgive the annoyance I
+have caused you--and you, Pamela, do not forget me! If you do not see
+me again, you may keep what I gave into your hands, and may it bring
+you happiness!
+
+Giraud
+O Lord!
+
+Pamela
+Poor Adolph!
+
+The sheriff (to his agents)
+Remain here. We are going to search this attic, and question every one
+of these people.
+
+Joseph (with a gesture of horror)
+Ah!--she prefers a criminal to me!
+
+(Jules is put in charge of the agents.)
+
+
+Curtain to the First Act.
+
+
+
+                                ACT II
+
+
+                             SCENE FIRST
+
+(The setting is a drawing-room in the Rousseau mansion. Antoine is
+looking through the newspapers.)
+
+Antoine and Justine.
+
+
+Justine
+Well, Antoine, have you read the papers?
+
+Antoine
+I am reading them. Isn't it a pity that we servants cannot learn,
+excepting through the papers, what is going on in the trial of M.
+Jules?
+
+Justine
+And yet the master and mistress and Mme. du Brocard, their sister,
+know nothing. M. Jules has been for three months--in--what do they
+call it?--in close confinement.
+
+Antoine
+The arrest of the young man has evidently attracted great attention--
+
+Justine
+It seems absurd to think that a young man who had nothing to do but
+amuse himself, who would some day inherit his aunt's income of twenty
+thousand francs, and his father's and mother's fortune, which is quite
+double that amount, should be mixed up in a conspiracy!
+
+Antoine
+I admire him for it, for they were plotting to bring back the emperor!
+You may cause my throat to be cut if you like. We are alone here--you
+don't belong to the police; long live the emperor! say I.
+
+Justine
+For mercy's sake, hold your tongue, you old fool!--If any one heard
+you, you would get us all arrested.
+
+Antoine
+I am not afraid of that, thank God! The answers I made to the
+magistrate were non-committal; I never compromised M. Jules, like the
+traitors who informed against him.
+
+Justine
+Mme. du Brocard with all her immense savings ought to be able to buy
+him off.
+
+Antoine
+Oh, nonsense! Since the escape of Lavalette such a thing is
+impossible! They have become extremely particular at the gates of the
+prison, and they were never particularly accommodating. M. Jules will
+have to take his dose you see; he will be a martyr. I shall go and see
+him executed.
+
+(Some one rings. Exit Antoine.)
+
+Justine
+We will go and see him! When one has known a condemned man I don't see
+how they can have the heart to--As for me I shall go to the Court of
+Assizes. I feel, poor boy, I owe him that!
+
+
+                             SCENE SECOND
+
+Dupre, Antoine and Justine.
+
+
+Antoine (aside, as he ushers in Dupre)
+Ah! The lawyer. (Aloud) Justine, go and tell madame that Monsieur
+Dupre is waiting. (Aside) The lawyer is a hard nut to crack, I'm
+thinking. (Aloud) Sir, is there any hope of saving our poor M. Jules?
+
+Dupre
+I perceive that you are very fond of your young master?
+
+Antoine
+Naturally enough!
+
+Dupre
+What would you do to save him?
+
+Antoine
+Anything, sir!
+
+Dupre
+That means nothing.
+
+Antoine
+Nothing?--I will give whatever evidence you like.
+
+Dupre
+If you are caught in contradicting yourself and convicted of perjury,
+do you know what you run the risk of?
+
+Antoine
+No, sir.
+
+Dupre
+The galleys.
+
+Antoine
+That is rather severe, sir.
+
+Dupre
+You would prefer to serve him without compromising yourself?
+
+Antoine
+Is there any other way?
+
+Dupre
+No.
+
+Antoine
+Well! I'll run the risk of the galleys.
+
+Dupre (aside)
+What devotion is here!
+
+Antoine
+My master would be sure to settle a pension on me.
+
+Justine
+Here is madame.
+
+
+                             SCENE THIRD
+
+The same persons and Madame Rousseau.
+
+
+Mme. Rousseau (to Dupre)
+Ah! Monsieur, we have been impatiently expecting this visit. (To
+Antoine) Antoine! Quick, inform my husband. (To Dupre) Sir, I trust in
+your efforts, alone.
+
+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!
+
+
+                             SCENE FOURTH
+
+The same persons, General de Verby and Madame du Brocard.
+
+
+Mme. du Brocard (showing in De Verby)
+Come in, my dear general.
+
+De Verby (bowing to Rousseau)
+Monsieur--I simply came to learn--
+
+Rousseau (presenting Dupre to De Verby)
+General, M. Dupre.
+
+(Dupre and De Verby exchange bows.)
+
+Dupre (aside, while De Verby talks with Rousseau)
+He is general of the antechamber, holding the place merely through the
+influence of his brother, the lord chamberlain; he doesn't seem to me
+to have come here without some object.
+
+De Verby (to Dupre)
+I understand, sir, that you are engaged for the defence of M. Jules
+Rousseau in this deplorable affair--
+
+Dupre
+Yes, sir, it is a deplorable affair, for the real culprits are not in
+prison; thus it is that justice rages fiercely against the rank and
+file, but the chiefs are always passed by. You are General Vicomte de
+Verby, I presume?
+
+De Verby
+Simple General Verby--I do not take the title--my opinions of course.
+--Doubtless you are acquainted with the evidence in this case?
+
+Dupre
+I have been in communication with the accused only for the last three
+days.
+
+De Verby
+And what do you think of the affair?
+
+All
+Yes, tell us.
+
+Dupre
+According to my experience of the law courts, I believe it possible to
+obtain important revelations by offering commutation of sentence to
+the condemned.
+
+De Verby
+The accused are all men of honor.
+
+Rousseau
+But--
+
+Dupre
+Characters sometime change at the prospect of the scaffold, especially
+when there is much at stake.
+
+De Verby (aside)
+A conspiracy ought not to be entered upon excepting with penniless
+accomplices.
+
+Dupre
+I shall induce my client to tell everything.
+
+Rousseau
+Of course.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Certainly.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+He ought to do so.
+
+De Verby (anxiously)
+I presume there is no other way of escape for him?
+
+Dupre
+None whatever; it can be proved that he was of the number of those who
+had begun to put in execution the plot.
+
+De Verby
+I would rather lose my head than my honor.
+
+Dupre
+I should consider which of the two was worth more.
+
+De Verby
+You have your views in the matter.
+
+Rousseau
+Those are mine.
+
+Dupre
+And they are the opinions of the majority. I have seen many things
+done by men to escape the scaffold. There are people who push others
+to the front, who risk nothing, and yet reap all the fruits of
+success. Have such men any honor? Can one feel any obligation towards
+them?
+
+De Verby
+No, they are contemptible wretches.
+
+Dupre (aside)
+He has well said it. This is the fellow who has ruined poor Jules! I
+must keep my eye on him.
+
+
+                             SCENE FIFTH
+
+The same persons, Antoine and Jules (the latter led in by police
+agents.)
+
+
+Antoine
+Sir, a carriage stopped at the door. Several men got out. M. Jules is
+with them; they are bringing him in.
+
+M. and Mme. Rousseau
+My son!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+My nephew!
+
+Dupre
+Yes, I see what it is--doubtless a search-warrant. They wish to look
+over his papers.
+
+Antoine
+Here he is.
+
+(Jules appears in the centre, followed by the police and a magistrate;
+he rushes up to his mother.)
+
+Jules
+O mother! My good mother! (He embraces his mother.) Ah! I see you once
+more! (To Mme. du Brocard) Dear aunt!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+My poor child! Come! Come--close to me; they will not dare-- (To the
+police, who approach her) Leave him, leave him here!
+
+Rousseau (rushing towards the police)
+Be kind enough--
+
+Dupre (to the magistrate)
+Monsieur!
+
+Jules
+My dear mother, calm yourself! I shall soon be free; yes, be quite
+sure of that, and we will not part again.
+
+Antoine (to Rousseau)
+Sir, they wish to visit M. Jules's room.
+
+Rousseau (to the magistrate)
+In a moment, monsieur. I will go with you myself. (To Dupre, pointing
+to Jules) Do not leave him!
+
+(He goes out conducting the magistrate, who makes a sign to the police
+to keep guard on Jules.)
+
+Jules (seizing the hand of De Verby)
+Ah, general! (To Dupre) And how good and generous of you, M. Dupre, to
+come here and comfort my mother. (In a low voice) Ah! conceal from her
+my danger. (Aloud, looking at his mother) Tell her the truth. Tell her
+that she has nothing to fear.
+
+Dupre
+I will tell her that it is in her power to save you.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+In my power?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+How can that be?
+
+Dupre (to Mme. Rousseau)
+By imploring him to disclose the names of those who have led him on.
+
+De Verby (to Dupre)
+Monsieur!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Yes, and you ought to do it. I, your mother, demand it of you.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Oh, certainly! My nephew shall tell everything. He has been led on by
+people who now abandon him to his fate, and he in his turn ought--
+
+De Verby (in a low voice to Dupre)
+What, sir! Would you advise your client to betray--?
+
+Dupre (quickly)
+Whom?
+
+De Verby (in a troubled voice)
+But--can't we find some other method? M. Jules knows what a man of
+high spirit owes to himself.
+
+Dupre (aside)
+He is the man--I felt sure of it!
+
+Jules (to his mother and aunt)
+Never, though I should die for it--never will I compromise any one
+else.
+
+(De Verby shows his pleasure at this declaration.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Ah! my God! (Looking at the police.) And there is no chance of our
+helping him to escape here!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+No! that is out of the question.
+
+Antoine (coming into the room)
+M. Jules, they are asking for you.
+
+Jules
+I am coming!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Ah! I cannot let you go.
+
+(She turns to the police with a supplicating look.)
+
+Mme. du Brocard (to Dupre, who scrutinizes De Verby)
+M. Dupre, I have thought that it would be a good thing--
+
+Dupre (interrupting her)
+Later, madame, later.
+
+(He leads her to Jules, who goes out with his mother, followed by the
+agents.)
+
+
+                             SCENE SIXTH
+
+Dupre and De Verby.
+
+
+De Verby (aside)
+These people have hit upon a lawyer who is rich, without ambition--and
+eccentric.
+
+Dupre (crossing the stage and gazing at De Verby, aside)
+Now is my time to learn your secret. (Aloud) You are very much
+interested in my client, monsieur?
+
+De Verby
+Very much indeed.
+
+Dupre
+I have yet to understand what motive could have led him, young, rich
+and devoted to pleasure as he is, to implicate himself in a
+conspiracy--
+
+De Verby
+The passion for glory.
+
+Dupre
+Don't talk in that way to a lawyer who for twenty years has practiced
+in the courts; who has studied men and affairs well enough to know
+that the finest motives are only assumed as a disguise for trumpery
+passions, and has never yet met a man whose heart was free from the
+calculations of self-interest.
+
+De Verby
+Do you ever take up a case without charging anything?
+
+Dupre
+I often do so; but I never act contrary to my convictions.
+
+De Verby
+I understand that you are rich?
+
+Dupre
+I have some fortune. Without it, in the world as at present
+constituted, I should be on the straight road for the poor-house.
+
+De Verby
+It is then from conviction, I suppose, that you have undertaken the
+defence of young Rousseau?
+
+Dupre
+Certainly. I believe him to be the dupe of others in a higher station,
+and I like those who allow themselves to be duped from generous
+motives and not from self-interest; for in these times the dupe is
+often as greedy after gain as the man who exploits him.
+
+De Verby
+You belong, I perceive, to the sect of misanthropes.
+
+Dupre
+I do not care enough for mankind to hate them, for I have never yet
+met any one I could love. I am contented with studying my fellow-men;
+for I see that they are all engaged in playing each, with more or less
+success, his own little comedy. I have no illusion about anything, it
+is true, but I smile at it all like a spectator who sits in a theatre
+to be amused. One thing I never do; I hiss at nothing; for I have not
+sufficient feeling about things for that.
+
+De Verby (aside)
+How is it possible to influence such a man? (Aloud) Nevertheless,
+monsieur, you must sometimes need the services of others?
+
+Dupre
+Never!
+
+De Verby
+But you are sometimes sick?
+
+Dupre
+Then I like to be alone. Moreover, at Paris, anything can be bought,
+even attendance on the sick; believe me I live because it is my duty
+to do so. I have tested everything--charity, friendship, unselfish
+devotion. Those who have received benefits have disgusted me with the
+doing of kindnesses. Certain philanthropists have made me feel a
+loathing for charity. And of all humbugs that of sentiment is the most
+hateful.
+
+De Verby
+And what of patriotism, monsieur?
+
+Dupre
+That is a very trifling matter, since the cry of humanity has been
+raised.
+
+De Verby (somewhat discouraged)
+And so you take Jules Rousseau for a young enthusiast?
+
+Dupre
+No, sir, nothing of the sort. He presents a problem which I have to
+solve, and with your assistance I shall reach the solution. (De Verby
+changes countenance.) Come, let us speak candidly. I believe that you
+know something about all this.
+
+De Verby
+What do you mean, sir?
+
+Dupre
+You can save the young man.
+
+De Verby
+I? What can I do?
+
+Dupre
+You can give testimony which Antoine will corroborate--
+
+De Verby
+I have reasons for not appearing as a witness.
+
+Dupre
+Just so. You are one of the conspirators!
+
+De Verby
+Monsieur!
+
+Dupre
+It is you who have led on this poor boy.
+
+De Verby
+Monsieur, this language--!
+
+Dupre
+Don't attempt to deceive me, but tell me how you managed to gain this
+bad influence over him? He is rich, he is in need of nothing.
+
+De Verby
+Listen!--If you say another word--
+
+Dupre
+Oh! my life is of no consideration with me!
+
+De Verby
+Sir, you know very well that Jules will get off; and that if he does
+not behave properly, he will lose, through your fault, the chance of
+marriage with my niece, and thus the succession to the title of my
+brother, the Lord Chamberlain.
+
+Dupre
+Ah, that's what he was after, then! He's like all the rest of the
+schemers. Now consider, sir, what I am going to propose to you. You
+have powerful friends, and it is your duty--
+
+De Verby
+My duty! I do not understand you, sir.
+
+Dupre
+You have been able to effect his ruin, and can you not bring about his
+release? (Aside) I have him there.
+
+De Verby
+I shall give my best consideration to the matter.
+
+Dupre
+Don't consider for a moment that you can escape me.
+
+De Verby
+A general who fears no danger can have no fear of a lawyer--
+
+Dupre
+As you will!
+
+(Exit De Verby, who jostles against Joseph.)
+
+
+                            SCENE SEVENTH
+
+Dupre and Joseph Binet.
+
+
+Joseph
+I heard only yesterday, monsieur, that you were engaged for the
+defence of M. Jules Rousseau; I have been to your place, and have
+waited for you until I could wait no later. This morning I found that
+you had left your home, and as I am working for this house, a happy
+inspiration sent me here. I thought you would be coming here, and I
+waited for you--
+
+Dupre
+What do you want with me?
+
+Joseph
+I am Joseph Binet.
+
+Dupre
+Well, proceed.
+
+Joseph
+Let me say without offence, sir, that I have fourteen hundred francs
+of my own--quite my own!--earned sou by sou. I am a journeyman
+upholsterer, and my uncle, Du Mouchel, a retired wine merchant, has
+plenty of the metal.
+
+Dupre
+Speak out openly! What is the meaning of this mysterious preamble?
+
+Joseph
+Fourteen hundred francs is of course a mere trifle, and they say that
+lawyers have to be well paid, and that it is because they are well
+paid that there are so many of them. I should have done better if I
+had been a lawyer--then she would have married me!
+
+Dupre
+Are you crazy?
+
+Joseph
+Not at all. I have here my fourteen hundred francs; take them, sir--no
+humbug! They are yours.
+
+Dupre
+And on what condition?
+
+Joseph
+You must save M. Jules--I mean, of course, from death--and you must
+have him transported. I don't want him to be put to death; but he must
+go abroad. He is rich, and he will enjoy himself. But save his life.
+Procure a sentence of simple transportation, say for fifteen years,
+and my fourteen hundred francs are yours. I will give them to you
+gladly, and I will moreover make you an office chair below the market
+price. There now!
+
+Dupre
+What is your object in speaking to me in this way?
+
+Joseph
+My object? I want to marry Pamela. I want to have my little Pamela.
+
+Dupre
+Pamela?
+
+Joseph
+Pamela Giraud.
+
+Dupre
+What connection has Pamela Giraud with Jules Rousseau?
+
+Joseph
+Well I never! Why! I thought that advocates were paid for learning and
+knowing everything. But you don't seem to know anything, sir. I am not
+surprised that there are those who say advocates are know-nothings.
+But I should like to have back my fourteen hundred francs. Pamela is
+accused, that is to say, she accuses me of having betrayed his head to
+the executioner, and you will understand that if after all he escapes,
+and is transported, I can marry, can wed Pamela; and as the
+transported man will not be in France, I need fear no disturbance in
+my home. Get him fifteen years; that is nothing; fifteen years for
+traveling and I shall have time to see my children grow up, and my
+wife old enough--you understand--
+
+Dupre (aside)
+He is candid, at any rate--Those who make their calculations aloud and
+in such evident excitement are not the worst of people.
+
+Joseph
+I say! Do you know the proverb--"A lawyer who talks to himself is like
+a pastry cook who eats his own wares,"--eh, sir?
+
+Dupre
+I understand you to say that Pamela is in love with M. Jules?
+
+Joseph
+Ah! I see, you understand matters.
+
+Dupre
+They used frequently to meet I suppose?
+
+Joseph
+Far too frequently! Oh! if I had only known it, I would have put a
+stop to it!
+
+Dupre
+Is she pretty?
+
+Joseph
+Who?--Pamela?--My eye! My Pamela! She is as pretty as the Apollo
+Belvidere!
+
+Dupre
+Keep your fourteen hundred francs, my friend, and if you have courage,
+you and your Pamela, you will be able to help me in effecting his
+deliverance; for the question is absolutely whether we must let him go
+to the scaffold, or save him from it.
+
+Joseph
+I beg you, sir, do not think of saying one word to Pamela; she is in
+despair.
+
+Dupre
+Nevertheless you must bring it about that I see her this morning.
+
+Joseph
+I will send word to her through her parents.
+
+Dupre
+Ah! she has a father and mother living then? (Aside) This will cost a
+lot of money. (Aloud) Who are they?
+
+Joseph
+They are respectable porters.
+
+Dupre
+That is good.
+
+Joseph
+Old Giraud is a ruined tailor.
+
+Dupre
+Very well, go and inform them of my intended visit, and above all
+things preserve the utmost secrecy, or M. Jules will be sacrificed.
+
+Joseph
+I shall be dumb.
+
+Dupre
+And let it be thought that we have never met.
+
+Joseph
+We have never seen each other.
+
+Dupre
+Now go.
+
+Joseph
+I am going.
+
+(He mistakes the door.)
+
+Dupre
+This is the way.
+
+Joseph
+This is the way, great advocate--but let me give you a bit of advice--
+a slight taste of transportation will not do him any harm; in fact, it
+will teach him to leave the government in peace. (Exit.)
+
+
+                             SCENE EIGHTH
+
+Rousseau, Madame Rousseau, Madame du Brocard (attended by Justine) and
+Dupre.
+
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Poor child! What courage he shows!
+
+Dupre
+I hope to save him for you, madame; but it cannot be done without
+making great sacrifices.
+
+Rousseau
+Sir, the half of our fortune is at your disposal.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+And the half of mine.
+
+Dupre
+It is always the half of some fortune or other. I am going to try to
+do my duty--afterwards, you must do yours; we shall have to make great
+efforts. You, madame, must rouse yourself, for I have great hopes.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Ah! sir, what can you mean?
+
+Dupre
+A little time ago, your son was a ruined man; at the present moment, I
+believe he can be saved.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+What must we do?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+What do you ask?
+
+Rousseau
+You may be sure we will do as you require.
+
+Dupre
+I feel certain you will. This is my plan which will undoubtedly
+succeed with the jury. Your son had an intrigue with a certain
+working-girl, Pamela Giraud, the daughter of a porter.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+What low people!
+
+Dupre
+Yet you will have to humble yourselves to them. Your son was always
+with this young girl, and in this point lies the sole hope of his
+deliverance. The very evening on which the public prosecutor avers
+that he attended a meeting of the conspirators, he was possibly
+visiting her. If this is a fact, if she declares that he remained with
+her that night, if her father and her mother, if the rival of Jules
+confirm the testimony--we shall then have ground for hope. When the
+choice has to be made between a sentence of guilty and an alibi, the
+jury prefers the alibi.
+
+Mme. Rousseau (aside)
+Ah! sir, you bring back life to me.
+
+Rousseau
+Sir, we owe you a debt of eternal gratitude.
+
+Dupre (looking at them)
+What sum of money must I offer to the daughter, to the father and to
+the mother?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Are they poor?
+
+Dupre
+They are, but the matter concerns their honor.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Oh, she is only a working-girl!
+
+Dupre (ironically)
+It ought to be done very cheaply.
+
+Rousseau
+What do you think?
+
+Dupre
+I think that you are bargaining for the life of your son.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Well, M. Dupre, I suppose you may go as high as--
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+As high as--
+
+Dupre
+As high as--
+
+Rousseau
+Upon my word, I don't understand why you hesitate--and you must offer,
+sir, whatever sum you consider suitable.
+
+Dupre
+Just so, you leave it to my discretion. But what compensation do you
+offer her if she restores your son to you at the sacrifice of her
+honor? For possibly he has made love to her.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+He shall marry her. I come from the people myself, and I am no
+marchioness.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+What do you mean by that? You are forgetting Mlle. de Verby.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Sister, my son's life must be saved.
+
+Dupre (aside)
+Here we have the beginning of a comedy and the last which I wish to
+see; but I must keep them to their word. (Aloud) Perhaps it would be
+well if you secretly paid a visit to the young girl.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Oh, yes, I should like to go to see her--to implore her-- (she rings)
+Justine! Antoine! Quick! Order the carriage! At once--
+
+Antoine
+Yes, madame.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Sister, will you go with me? Ah, Jules my poor son!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+They are bringing him back.
+
+
+                             SCENE NINTH
+
+The same persons, Jules (brought in by the police), and later De
+Verby.
+
+
+Jules (kissing his mother)
+O mother!--I will not say good-bye; I shall be back very soon.
+
+(Rousseau and Mme. du Brocard embrace Jules.)
+
+De Verby (going up to Dupre)
+I will do, monsieur, what you have asked of me. One of my friends, M.
+Adolph Durand, who facilitated the flight of our dear Jules, will
+testify that his friend was altogether taken up with a grisette, whom
+he loved passionately, and with whom he was taking measures to elope.
+
+Dupre
+That is enough; success now depends upon the way we set about things.
+
+The magistrate (to Jules)
+We must be going, monsieur.
+
+Jules
+I will follow you. Be of good courage, mother!
+
+(He bids farewell to Rousseau and Dupre; De Verby signs to him to be
+cautious.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau (to Jules, as he is being led away)
+Jules! Jules! Do not give up hope--we are going to save you!
+
+(The police lead Jules away.)
+
+
+Curtain to the Second Act.
+
+
+
+                               ACT III
+
+
+                             SCENE FIRST
+
+(The stage represents the room of Pamela.)
+
+Pamela, Giraud and Madame Giraud.
+
+(Pamela is standing near her mother, who is knitting; Giraud is at
+work at a table on the left.)
+
+
+Mme. Giraud
+The fact of the matter is this, my poor daughter; I do not mean to
+reproach you, but you are the cause of all our trouble.
+
+Giraud
+No doubt about it! We came to Paris because in the country tailoring
+is no sort of a business, and we had some ambition for you, our
+Pamela, such a sweet, pretty little thing as you were. We said to each
+other: "We will go into service; I will work at my trade; we will give
+a good position to our child; and as she will be good, industrious and
+pretty, we can take care of our old age by marrying her well."
+
+Pamela
+O father!
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Half of our plans were already carried out.
+
+Giraud
+Yes, certainly. We had a good position; you made as fine flowers as
+any gardener could grow; and Joseph Binet, your neighbor, was to be
+the husband of our choice.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Instead of all this, the scandal which has arisen in the house has
+caused the landlord to dismiss us; the talk of the neighborhood was
+incessant, for the young man was arrested in your room.
+
+Pamela
+And yet I have been guilty of nothing!
+
+Giraud
+Come, now, we know that well enough! Do you think if it were otherwise
+that we would stay near you? And that I would embrace you? After all,
+Pamela, there is nothing like a father and a mother! And when the
+whole world is against you, if a girl can look into her parents' face
+without a blush it is enough.
+
+
+                             SCENE SECOND
+
+The same persons and Joseph Binet.
+
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Well, well! Here is Joseph Binet.
+
+Pamela
+M. Binet, what are you doing here? But for your want of common-sense,
+M. Jules would not have been found here.
+
+Joseph
+I am come to tell you about him.
+
+Pamela
+What! Really? Well, let us hear, Joseph.
+
+Joseph
+Ah! you won't send me away now, will you? I have seen his lawyer, and
+I have offered him all that I possess if he would get him off!
+
+Pamela
+Do you mean it?
+
+Joseph
+Yes. Would you be satisfied if he was merely transported?
+
+Pamela
+Ah! you are a good fellow, Joseph, and I see that you love me! Let us
+be friends.
+
+Joseph (aside)
+I have good hopes that we shall be.
+
+(A knock at the door is heard.)
+
+
+                             SCENE THIRD
+
+The preceding, M. de Verby and Madame du Brocard.
+
+
+Mme. Giraud (opening the door)
+There are some people here!
+
+Giraud
+A lady and a gentleman.
+
+Joseph
+What did you say?
+
+(Pamela rises from her seat and takes a step toward M. de Verby, who
+bows to her.)
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Is this Mlle. Pamela Giraud?
+
+Pamela
+It is, madame.
+
+De Verby
+Forgive us, mademoiselle, for presenting ourselves without previous
+announcement--
+
+Pamela
+There is no harm done. May I know the object of this visit?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+And you, good people, are her father and mother?
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Yes, madame.
+
+Joseph
+She calls them good people--she must be one of the swells.
+
+Pamela
+Will you please be seated.
+
+(Mme. Giraud offers them seats.)
+
+Joseph (to Giraud)
+My eye! The gentleman has on the ribbon of the Legion of Honor! He
+belongs to high society.
+
+Giraud (looking at De Verby)
+By my faith, that's true!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+I am the aunt of M. Jules Rousseau.
+
+Pamela
+You, madame? Then this gentleman must be his father?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+He is merely a friend of the family. We are come, mademoiselle, to ask
+a favor of you. (Looking at Binet with embarrassment.) Your brother?
+
+Giraud
+No, madame, just a neighbor of ours.
+
+Mme. du Brocard (to Pamela)
+Send him away.
+
+Joseph (aside)
+Send him away, indeed. I'd like to know what right she has--
+
+(Pamela makes a sign to Joseph.)
+
+Giraud (to Joseph)
+My friend, you had better leave us. It seems this is a private matter.
+
+Joseph
+Very well. (Exit.)
+
+
+                             SCENE FOURTH
+
+The same persons excepting Binet.
+
+
+Mme. du Brocard (to Pamela)
+You are acquainted with my nephew. I do not intend to reproach you.
+Your parents alone have the right.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+But, thank God, they have no reason.
+
+Giraud
+It is your nephew who has caused all this talk about her, but she is
+blameless!
+
+De Verby (interrupting him)
+But suppose that we wish her to be guilty?
+
+Pamela
+What do you mean, sir?
+
+Giraud and Mme. Giraud
+To think of it!
+
+Mme. du Brocard (seizing De Verby's meaning)
+Yes, suppose, to save the life of a poor young man--
+
+De Verby
+It were necessary to declare that M. Jules Rousseau spent nearly the
+whole night of the twenty-fourth of August here with you?
+
+Pamela
+Ah! sir!
+
+De Verby (to Giraud and his wife)
+Yes, suppose it were necessary to testify against your daughter, by
+alleging this?
+
+Mme. Giraud
+I would never say such a thing.
+
+Giraud
+What! Insult my child! Sir, I have had all possible troubles. I was
+once a tailor, now I am reduced to nothing. I am a porter! But I have
+remained a father. My daughter is our sole treasure, the glory of our
+old age, and you ask us to dishonor her?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Pray listen to me, sir.
+
+Giraud
+No, madame, I will listen to nothing. My daughter is the hope of my
+gray hairs.
+
+Pamela
+Calm yourself, father, I implore you.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Keep quite, Giraud! Do let this lady and gentleman speak!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+A family in deep affliction implores you to save them.
+
+Pamela (aside)
+Poor Jules!
+
+De Verby (in a low voice to Pamela)
+His fate is in your hands.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+We are respectable people and know what it is for parents, for a
+mother, to be in despair. But what you ask is out of the question.
+
+(Pamela puts a handkerchief to her eyes.)
+
+Giraud
+We must stop this! You see the girl is in tears.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+She has done nothing but weep for several days.
+
+Giraud
+I know my daughter; she would be capable of going and making the
+declaration they ask, in spite of us.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Yes,--for you must see, she loves him, she loves your nephew! And to
+save his life--Well! Well! I would have done as much in her place.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Have compassion on us!
+
+De Verby
+Grant this request of ours--
+
+Mme. du Brocard (to Pamela)
+If it is true that you love Jules--
+
+Mme. Giraud (leading Giraud up to Pamela)
+Did you hear that? Well! Listen to me. She is in love with this youth.
+It is quite certain that he also is in love with her. If she should
+make a sacrifice like that, as a return, he ought to marry her.
+
+Pamela (with vehemence)
+Never! (Aside) These people would not wish it, not they.
+
+De Verby (to Mme. du Brocard)
+They are consulting about it.
+
+Mme. du Brocard (in a low voice to De Verby)
+It will be absolutely necessary for us to make a sacrifice. We must
+appeal to their interest. It is the only plan!
+
+De Verby
+In venturing to ask of you so great a sacrifice, we are quite aware of
+the claims that you will have on our gratitude. The family of Jules,
+who might have blamed you on account of your relations with him, are,
+on the contrary, anxious to discharge the obligations which bind them
+to you.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Ah! Did I not tell you so?
+
+Pamela
+Can it be possible that Jules--
+
+De Verby
+I am authorized to make a promise to you.
+
+Pamela (with emotion)
+Oh!
+
+De Verby
+Tell me, how much do you ask for the sacrifice required of you?
+
+Pamela (in consternation)
+What do you mean? How much--I ask--for saving Jules? What do you take
+me for?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Ah! Mademoiselle!
+
+De Verby
+You misunderstand me.
+
+Pamela
+No, it is you who misunderstand us! You are come here, to the house of
+poor people, and you are quite unaware of what you ask from them. You,
+madame, ought to know that whatever be the rank or the education of a
+woman, her honor is her sole treasure! And that which you in your own
+families guard with so much care, with so much reverence, you actually
+believe that people here, living in an attic, would be willing to
+sell! And you have said to yourselves: "Let us offer them money! We
+need just now the sacrifice of a working-girl's honor!"
+
+Giraud
+That is excellent! I recognize my own blood there.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+My dear child, do not be offended! Money is money, after all.
+
+De Verby (addressing Giraud)
+Undoubtedly! And six thousand francs for a solid annual income as a
+price of--a--
+
+Pamela
+As the price of a lie! For I must out with it. But thank God I haven't
+yet lost my self-respect! Good-bye, sir.
+
+(Pamela makes a low bow to Mme. du Brocard, then goes into her bed-
+chamber.)
+
+De Verby
+What is to be done?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+I am quite nonplussed.
+
+Giraud
+I quite admit that an income of six thousand francs is no trifle, but
+our daughter has a high spirit, you see; she takes after me--
+
+Mme. Giraud
+And she will never yield.
+
+
+                             SCENE FIFTH
+
+The same persons, Joseph Binet, Dupre and Mme. Rousseau.
+
+
+Joseph
+This way, sir. This way, madame. (Dupre and Mme. Rousseau enter.)
+These are the father and mother of Pamela Giraud!
+
+Dupre (to De Verby)
+I am very sorry, sir, that you have got here before me!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+My sister has doubtless told you, madame, the sacrifice which we
+expect your daughter to make for us. Only an angel would make it.
+
+Joseph
+What sacrifice?
+
+Mme. Giraud
+It is no business of yours.
+
+De Verby
+We have just had an interview with Mlle. Pamela--
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+She has refused!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Oh, heavens!
+
+Dupre
+Refused what?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+An income of six thousand francs.
+
+Dupre
+I could have wagered on it. To think of offering money!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+But it was the only way--
+
+Dupre
+To spoil everything. (To Mme. Giraud) Madame, kindly tell your
+daughter that the counsel of M. Jules Rousseau is here and desires to
+see her.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Oh, as for that you will gain nothing.
+
+Giraud
+Either from her or from us.
+
+Joseph
+But what is it they want?
+
+Giraud
+Hold your tongue.
+
+Mme. du Brocard (to Mme. Giraud)
+Madame, offer her--
+
+Dupre
+Now, Mme. du Brocard, I must beg you-- (To Mme. Giraud) It is in the
+name of the mother of Jules that I ask of you permission to see your
+daughter.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+It will be of no use at all, sir! And to think that they point-blank
+offered her money when the young man a little time before had spoken
+of marrying her!
+
+Mme. Rousseau (with excitement)
+Well, why not?
+
+Mme. Giraud (with vehemence)
+How was that, madame?
+
+Dupre (seizing the hand of Mme. Giraud)
+Come, come! Bring me your daughter.
+
+(Exit Mme. Giraud.)
+
+De Verby and Mme. du Brocard
+You have then made up your mind?
+
+Dupre
+It is not I, but madame who has made up her mind.
+
+De Verby (questioning Mme. du Brocard)
+What has she promised?
+
+Dupre (seeing that Joseph is listening)
+Be silent, general; stay for a moment, I beg you, with these ladies.
+Here she comes. Now leave us alone, if you please.
+
+(Pamela is brought in by her mother. She makes a curtsey to Mme.
+Rousseau, who gazes at her with emotion; then Dupre leads all but
+Pamela into the other room; Joseph remains behind.)
+
+Joseph (aside)
+I wonder what they mean. They all talk of a sacrifice! And old Giraud
+won't say a word to me! Well, I can bide my time. I promised the
+advocate that I would give him my fourteen hundred francs, but before
+I do so, I would like to see how he acts with regard to me.
+
+Dupre (going up to Joseph)
+Joseph Binet, you must leave the room.
+
+Joseph
+And not hear what you say about me?
+
+Dupre
+You must go away.
+
+Joseph (aside)
+It is evident that they are concealing something from me. (To Dupre) I
+have prepared her mind; she is much taken with the idea of
+transportation. Stick to that point.
+
+Dupre
+All right! But you must leave the room.
+
+Joseph (aside)
+Leave the room! Oh, indeed! Not I.
+
+(Joseph makes as if he had withdrawn, but, quietly returning, hides
+himself in a closet.)
+
+Dupre (to Pamela)
+You have consented to see me, and I thank you for it. I know exactly
+what has recently taken place here, and I am not going to address you
+in the same way as you have been recently addressed.
+
+Pamela
+Your very presence assures me of that, sir.
+
+Dupre
+You are in love with this fine young man, this Joseph?
+
+Pamela
+I am aware, sir, that advocates are like confessors!
+
+Dupre
+My child, they have to be just as safe confidants. You may tell me
+everything without reserve.
+
+Pamela
+Well, sir, I did love him; that is to say, I thought I loved him, and
+I would very willingly have become his wife. I thought that with his
+energy Joseph would have made a good business, and that we could lead
+together a life of toil. When prosperity came, we would have taken
+with us my father and my mother; it was all very clear--it would have
+been a united family!
+
+Dupre (aside)
+The appearance of this young girl is in her favor! Let us see whether
+she is sincere or not. (Aloud) What are you thinking about?
+
+Pamela
+I was thinking about these past days, which seemed to me so happy in
+comparison with the present. A fortnight ago my head was turned by the
+sight of M. Jules; I fell in love with him, as young girls do fall in
+love, as I have seen other young girls fall in love with young men--
+with a love which would endure everything for those they loved! I used
+to say to myself: shall I ever be like that? Well, at this moment I do
+not know anything that I would not endure for M. Jules. A few moments
+ago they offered me money,--they, from whom I expected such nobleness,
+such greatness; and I was disgusted! Money! I have plenty of it, sir!
+I have twenty thousand francs! They are here, they are yours! That is
+to say, they are his! I have kept them to use in my efforts to save
+him, for I have betrayed him, because I doubted him, while he was so
+confident, so sure of me--and I was so distrustful of him!
+
+Dupre
+And he gave you twenty thousand francs?
+
+Pamela
+Ah, sir! He entrusted them with me. Here they are. I shall return them
+to his family, if he dies; but he shall not die! Tell me? Is it not
+so? You ought to know.
+
+Dupre
+My dear child, bear in mind that your whole life, perhaps your
+happiness, depend upon the truthfulness of your answers. Answer me as
+if you stood in the presence of God.
+
+Pamela
+I will.
+
+Dupre
+You have never loved any one before?
+
+Pamela
+Never!
+
+Dupre
+You seem to be afraid! Come, I am terrifying you. You are not giving
+me your confidence.
+
+Pamela
+Oh, yes I am, sir; I swear I am! Since we have been in Paris, I have
+never left my mother, and I have thought of nothing but my work and my
+duty. I was alarmed and thrown into confusion a few moments ago, sir,
+but you inspire me with confidence, and I can tell you everything.
+Well, I acknowledge it,--I am in love with Jules; he is the only one I
+love, and I would follow him to the end of the world! You told me to
+speak as in the presence of God.
+
+Dupre
+Well, it is to your heart that I am going to appeal. Do for me what
+you have refused to do for others. Tell me the truth! You alone have
+the power to save him before the face of justice! You love him,
+Pamela; I understand what it would cost you to--
+
+Pamela
+To avow my love for him? Would that be sufficient to save him?
+
+Dupre
+I will answer for that!
+
+Pamela
+Well?
+
+Dupre
+My child!
+
+Pamela
+Well--he is saved.
+
+Dupre (earnestly)
+But--you will be compromised--
+
+Pamela
+But after all it is for him.
+
+Dupre (aside)
+I never expected it, but I shall not die without having seen with my
+own eyes an example of beautiful and noble candor, destitute alike of
+self-interest and designing reserve. (Aloud) Pamela, you are a good
+and generous girl.
+
+Pamela
+To act this way consoles me for many little miseries of life.
+
+Dupre
+My child, that is not everything! You are true as steel, you are high-
+spirited. But in order to succeed it is necessary to have assurance--
+determination--
+
+Pamela
+Oh, sir! You shall see!
+
+Dupre
+Do not be over-anxious. Dare to confess everything. Be brave! Imagine
+that you are before the Court of Assizes, the presiding judge, the
+public prosecutor, the prisoner at the bar, and me, his advocate; the
+jury is on one side. The big court-room is filled with people. Do not
+be alarmed.
+
+Pamela
+You needn't fear for me.
+
+Dupre
+A court officer brings you in; you have given your name and surname!
+Then the presiding judge asks you "How long have you known the
+prisoner, Rousseau?"--What would you answer?
+
+Pamela
+The truth!--I met him about a month before his arrest at the Ile
+d'Amour, Belleville.
+
+Dupre
+Who were with him?
+
+Pamela
+I noticed no one but him.
+
+Dupre
+Did you hear them talk politics?
+
+Pamela (in astonishment)
+Oh, sir! The judges must be aware that politics are matters of
+indifference at the Ile d'Amour.
+
+Dupre
+Very good, my child! But you must tell them all you know about Jules
+Rousseau.
+
+Pamela
+Of course. I shall still speak the truth, and repeat my testimony
+before the police justice. I knew nothing of the conspiracy, and was
+infinitely surprised when he was arrested in my room; the proof of
+which is that I feared M. Jules was a thief and afterwards apologized
+for my suspicion.
+
+Dupre
+You must acknowledge that from the time of your first acquaintance
+with this young man, he constantly came to see you. You must declare--
+
+Pamela
+I shall stick to the truth--He never left me alone! He came to see me
+for love, I received him from friendship, and I resisted him from a
+sense of duty--
+
+Dupre
+And at last?
+
+Pamela (anxiously)
+At last?
+
+Dupre
+You are trembling! Take care! Just now you promised me to tell the
+truth!
+
+Pamela (aside)
+The truth! Oh my God!
+
+Dupre
+I also am interested in this young man; but I recoil from a possible
+imposture. If he is guilty, my duty bids me defend him, if he is
+innocent, his cause shall be mine. Yes, without doubt, Pamela, I am
+about to demand from you a great sacrifice, but he needs it. The
+visits which Jules made to you were in the evening, and without the
+knowledge of your parents.
+
+Pamela
+Why no! never!
+
+Dupre
+How is this? For in that case there would be no hope for him.
+
+Pamela (aside)
+No hope for him! Then either he or I must be ruined. (Aloud) Sir, do
+not be alarmed; I felt a little fear because the real danger was not
+before my eyes. But when I shall stand before the judges!--when once I
+shall see him, see Jules--and feel that his safety depends upon me--
+
+Dupre
+That is good, very good. But what is most necessary to be made known
+is that on the evening of the twenty-fourth, he came here. If that is
+once understood, I shall be successful in saving him; otherwise, I can
+answer for nothing. He is lost!
+
+Pamela (murmuring, greatly agitated)
+Lost!--Jules lost!--No, no, no!--Better that my own good name be lost!
+(Aloud) Yes, he came here on the twenty-fourth. (Aside) God forgive
+me! (Aloud) It was my saint's day--my name is Louise Pamela--and he
+was kind enough to bring me a bouquet, without the knowledge of my
+father or mother; he came in the evening, late. Ah! you need have no
+fear, sir--you see I shall tell all. (Aside) And all is a lie!
+
+Dupre
+He will be saved! (Rousseau appears) Ah! sir! (running to the door of
+the room) Come all of you and thank your deliverer!
+
+
+                             SCENE SIXTH
+
+Rousseau, De Verby, Madame du Brocard, Giraud, Madame Giraud, Dupre,
+and later Joseph Binet.
+
+
+All
+Does she consent?
+
+Rousseau
+You have saved my son. I shall never forget it.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+You have put us under eternal obligations, my child.
+
+Rousseau
+My fortune shall be at your disposal.
+
+Dupre
+I will not say anything to you, my child! We shall meet again!
+
+Joseph (coming out of the closet)
+One moment! One moment! I have heard everything--and do you believe
+that I am going to put up with that? I was here in concealment all the
+time. And do you think I am going to let Pamela, whom I have loved and
+have wished to make my wife, say all that? (To Dupre) This is the way
+you are going to earn my fourteen hundred francs, eh! Well, I shall go
+to court myself and testify that the whole thing is a lie.
+
+All
+Great heaven!
+
+Dupre
+You miserable wretch!
+
+De Verby
+If you say a single word--
+
+Joseph
+Oh, I am not afraid!
+
+De Verby (to Rousseau and Mme. du Brocard)
+He shall never go to court! If necessary, I will have him shadowed,
+and I will put men on the watch to prevent him from entering.
+
+Joseph
+I'd just like to see you try it!
+
+(Enter a sheriff's officer, who goes up to Dupre.)
+
+Dupre
+What do you want?
+
+The sheriff's officer
+I am the court officer of the Assizes--Mlle. Pamela Giraud! (Pamela
+comes forward.) In virtue of discretionary authority of the presiding
+judge, you are summoned to appear before him to-morrow at ten o'clock.
+
+Joseph (to De Verby)
+I will go also.
+
+The officer
+The porter has told me that you have here a gentleman called Joseph
+Binet.
+
+Joseph
+Here I am!
+
+The officer
+Please take your summons.
+
+Joseph
+I told you that I would go!
+
+(The officer withdraws; every one is alarmed at the threats of Binet.
+Dupre tries to speak to him and reason with him, but he steals away.)
+
+
+Curtain to the Third Act.
+
+
+
+                                ACT IV
+
+
+                             SCENE FIRST
+
+(The stage represents Madame du Brocard's salon, from which can be
+seen the Court of Assizes.)
+
+Madame du Brocard, Madame Rousseau, Rousseau, Joseph Binet, Dupre and
+Justine.
+
+
+(Dupre is seated reading his note-book.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+M. Dupre!
+
+Dupre
+Yes, madame, the court adjourned after the speech of the prosecuting
+attorney. And I came over to reassure you personally.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+I told you, sister, that some one was sure to come and keep us
+informed of things. In my house, here, which is so close to the court
+house, we are in a favorable position for learning all that goes on at
+the trial. Ah, M. Dupre! How can we thank you enough! You spoke
+superbly! (To Justine) Justine, bring in something to drink--Quick!
+
+Rousseau
+Sir, your speech-- (To his wife) He was magnificent.
+
+Dupre
+Sir,--
+
+Joseph (in tears)
+Yes, you were magnificent, magnificent!
+
+Dupre
+I am not the person you ought to thank, but that child, that Pamela,
+who showed such astonishing courage.
+
+Joseph
+And didn't I do well?
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+And he (pointing to Binet), did he carry out the threat he made to us?
+
+Dupre
+No, he took your side.
+
+Joseph
+It was your fault! But for you--Ah!--Well--I reached the court house,
+having made up my mind to mix up everything; but when I saw all the
+people, the judge, the jury, the crowd, and the terrible silence, I
+trembled! Nevertheless I screwed up my courage. When I was questioned,
+I was just about to answer, when my glance met the eyes of Mlle.
+Pamela, which were filled with tears--I felt as if my tongue was
+bound. And on the other side I saw M. Jules--a handsome youth, his
+fine face conspicuous among them all. His expression was as tranquil
+as if he had been a mere spectator. That knocked me out! "Don't be
+afraid," said the judge to me. I was absolutely beside myself! I was
+afraid of making some mistake; and then I had sworn to keep to the
+truth; and then M. Dupre fixed his eye on me. I can't tell you what
+that eye seemed to say to me--My tongue seemed twisted up. I broke out
+into a sweat--my heart beat hard--and I began to cry, like a fool. You
+were magnificent. And then in a moment it was all over. He made me do
+exactly what he wanted. This is the way I lied: I said that on the
+evening of the twenty-fourth I unexpectedly came to Pamela's room and
+found M. Jules there--Yes, at Pamela's, the girl whom I was going to
+marry, whom I still love--and our marriage will be the talk of the
+whole neighborhood. Never mind, he's a great lawyer! Never mind! (To
+Justine) Give me something to drink, will you?
+
+Rousseau, Mme. Rousseau, Mme. du Brocard (To Joseph)
+Dear friend! You showed yourself a fine fellow!
+
+Dupre
+The energy shown by Pamela makes me hopeful. I trembled for a moment
+while she was giving evidence; the prosecuting attorney pressed her
+very hard and seemed to doubt her veracity; she grew pale and I
+thought she was going to faint.
+
+Joseph
+And what must my feelings have been?
+
+Dupre
+Her self-sacrifice was wonderful. You don't realize all that she has
+undergone for you; I, myself even, was deceived by her; she was her
+own accuser, yet all the time was innocent. Only one moment did she
+falter; but darting a rapid glance at Jules, she suddenly rallied, a
+blush took the place of pallor on her countenance, and we felt that
+she had saved her lover; in spite of the risk she was running, she
+repeated once more before all those people the story of her own
+disgrace, and then fell weeping into the arms of her mother.
+
+Joseph
+Yes, she is a fine girl.
+
+Dupre
+But I must leave you; the summing up of the judge will come this
+afternoon.
+
+Rousseau
+You must be going then.
+
+Dupre
+One moment! Do not forget Pamela! That young girl has compromised her
+own honor for you and for him.
+
+Joseph
+As for me, I don't ask anything, but I have been led to expect--
+
+Mme. du Brocard, Mme. Rousseau
+We can never pay our debt of gratitude to you.
+
+Dupre
+Very good; come, gentlemen, we must be starting.
+
+(Exeunt Dupre and Rousseau.)
+
+
+                             SCENE SECOND
+
+The same persons excepting Dupre and Rousseau.
+
+
+Mme. du Brocard (stopping Joseph on his way out)
+Listen to me!
+
+Joseph
+What can I do for you?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+You see in what a state of anxiety we are; don't fail to let us know
+the least turn in our favor which the trial makes.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Yes, keep us well informed on the whole business.
+
+Joseph
+You may rest assured of that--But look here, I needn't leave the court
+house to do that, I intend to see everything, and to hear everything.
+But do you see that window there? My seat is just under it; you watch
+that window, and it if he is declared innocent you will see me wave my
+handkerchief.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Do not forget to do so.
+
+Joseph
+No danger of that; I am a poor chap, but I know what a mother's heart
+is! I am interested in this case, and for you, and for Pamela, I have
+said a lot of things! But when you are fond of people you'll do
+anything, and then I have been promised something--you may count upon
+me. (Exit.)
+
+
+                             SCENE THIRD
+
+The same persons excepting Joseph.
+
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Justine, open this window, and wait for the signal which the young man
+has promised to give--Ah! but suppose my boy were condemned!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+M. Dupre has spoken very hopefully about matters.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+But with regard to this good girl, this admirable Pamela--what must we
+do for her?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+We ought to do something to make her happy! I acknowledge that this
+young person is a succor sent from heaven! Only a noble heart could
+make the sacrifice that she has made! She deserves a fortune for it!
+Thirty thousand francs! That is what she ought to have. Jules owes his
+life to her. (Aside) Poor boy, will his life be saved?
+
+(Mme. du Brocard looks toward the window.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Well, Justine, do you see anything?
+
+Justine
+Nothing, madame.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Nothing yet! Yes, you are right, sister, it is only the heart that can
+prompt such noble actions. I do not know what you and my husband would
+think about it, but if we considered what was right, and had full
+regard to the happiness of Jules, apart from the brilliant prospect of
+an alliance with the family of De Verby, if my son loved her and she
+loved my son--it seems to me reasonable--
+
+Mme. du Brocard and Justine
+No! No!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Oh, sister! Say yes! Has she not well deserved it? But there is some
+one coming.
+
+(The two women remain in their seats with clasped hands.)
+
+
+                             SCENE FOURTH
+
+The same persons and De Verby.
+
+
+Justine
+M. le General 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!
+
+
+                             SCENE FIFTH
+
+The same persons and Rousseau.
+
+
+De Verby (to Rousseau)
+Have you good news?
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Is he acquitted?
+
+Rousseau
+No, but it is rumored that he is going to be; the jury are in
+consultation; I couldn't stay there any longer; I couldn't stand the
+suspense; I told Antoine to hurry here as soon as the verdict is
+given.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+We shall learn what the verdict is from this window; we have agreed
+upon a signal to be given by that youth, Joseph Binet.
+
+Rousseau
+Ah! keep a good look out, Justine.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+And how is Jules? What a trying time it must be for him!
+
+Rousseau
+Not at all! The unfortunate boy astonishes me by his coolness. Such
+courage as he has is worthy of a better cause than that of conspiracy.
+To think of his having put us in such a position! But for this I might
+have been appointed President of the Chamber of Commerce.
+
+De Verby
+You forget that, after all, his marriage with a member of my family
+will make some amends for his trouble.
+
+Rousseau (struck by a sudden thought)
+Ah, general! When I left the court room, Jules stood surrounded by his
+friends, among whom were M. Dupre and the young girl Pamela. Your
+niece and Madame de Verby must have noticed it, and I hope that you
+will try to explain matters to them.
+
+(While Rousseau speaks with the general the ladies are watching for
+the signal.)
+
+De Verby
+Rest assured of that! I will take care that Jules appears as white as
+snow! It is of very great importance to explain this affair of the
+working-girl, otherwise the Comtesse de Verby might oppose the
+marriage. We must explain away this apparent amour, and she must be
+made to understand that the girl's evidence was a piece of self-
+sacrifice for which she had been paid.
+
+Rousseau
+I certainly intend to do my duty towards that young girl. I shall give
+her eight or ten thousand francs. It seems to me that that will be
+liberal, very liberal!
+
+Mme. Rousseau (while Mme. du Brocard tries to restrain her)
+Ah, sir, but what of her honor?
+
+Rousseau
+Well, I suppose that some one will marry her.
+
+
+                             SCENE SIXTH
+
+The same persons and Joseph.
+
+
+Joseph (dashing in)
+Monsieur! Madame! Give me some cologne or something, I beg you!
+
+All
+Whatever can be the matter?
+
+Joseph
+M. Antoine, your footman, is bringing Pamela here.
+
+Rousseau
+Has anything happened?
+
+Joseph
+When she saw the jury come in to give their verdict she was taken ill!
+Her father and mother, who were in the crowd at the other end of the
+court, couldn't stir. I cried out, and the presiding judge made them
+put me out of court!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+But Jules! My son! What did the jury say?
+
+Joseph
+I know nothing! I had no eyes except for Pamela. As for your son, I
+suppose he is all right, but first with me comes Pamela--
+
+De Verby
+But you must have seen how the jury looked!
+
+Joseph
+Oh, yes! The foreman of the jury looked so gloomy--so severe--that I
+am quite persuaded-- (He shudders.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+My poor Jules!
+
+Joseph
+Here comes Antoine and Mlle. Pamela.
+
+
+                            SCENE SEVENTH
+
+The same persons, Antoine and Pamela.
+
+
+(They lead Pamela to a seat and give her smelling salts.)
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+My dear child!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+My daughter!
+
+Rousseau
+Mademoiselle!
+
+Pamela
+I couldn't stand it any longer, the excitement was too great--and the
+suspense was so cruel. I tried to brace up my courage by the calmness
+of M. Jules while the jury was deliberating; the smile which he wore
+made me share his presentiment of coming release! But I was chilled to
+the heart when I looked at the pale, impassive countenance of M.
+Dupre!--And then, the sound of the bell that announced the return of
+the jury, and the murmur of anxiety that ran through the court--I was
+quite overcome!--A cold sweat suffused my cheek and I fainted.
+
+Joseph
+As for me, I shouted out, and they threw me into the street.
+
+De Verby (to Rousseau)
+If by mischance--
+
+Rousseau
+Sir!
+
+De Verby (to Rousseau and the women)
+If it should be necessary to appeal the case (pointing to Pamela),
+could we count upon her?
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+On her? To the end; I am sure of that.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Pamela!
+
+Rousseau
+Tell me, you who have shown yourself so good, so generous,--if we
+should still have need of your unselfish aid, would you be ready?
+
+Pamela
+Quite ready, sir! I have but one object, one single thought!--and that
+is, to save M. Jules!
+
+Joseph (aside)
+She loves him, she loves him!
+
+Rousseau
+Ah! all that I have is at your disposal.
+
+(A murmur and cries are heard; general alarm.)
+
+All
+What a noise they are making! Listen to their shouts!
+
+(Pamela totters to her feet. Joseph runs to the window, where Justine
+is watching.)
+
+Joseph
+There's a crowd of people rushing down the steps of the court,--they
+are coming here!
+
+Justine and Joseph
+It is M. Jules!
+
+Rousseau and Mme. Rousseau
+My son!
+
+Mme. du Brocard and Pamela
+Jules!
+
+(They rush forward to Jules.)
+
+De Verby
+He is acquitted!
+
+
+                             SCENE EIGHTH
+
+The same persons and Jules (brought in by his mother and his aunt and
+followed by his friends).
+
+
+(Jules flings himself into the arms of his mother; he does not at
+first see Pamela, who is seated in a corner near Joseph.)
+
+Jules
+O mother! Dear aunt! And my father! Here I am, restored to liberty
+again! (To General de Verby and the friends who have come with him)
+Let me thank you, general, and you, my friends, for your kind
+sympathy.
+
+(After general handshaking the friends depart.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+And so my son has at last come back to me! It seems too good to be
+true.
+
+Joseph (to Pamela)
+Well, and what of you? He hasn't said a word to you, and you are the
+only one he hasn't seen.
+
+Pamela
+Silence, Joseph, silence!
+
+(Pamela retires to the end of the stage.)
+
+De Verby
+Not only have you been acquitted, but you have also gained a high
+place in the esteem of those who are interested in the affair! You
+have exhibited both courage and discretion, such as have gratified us
+all.
+
+Rousseau
+Everybody has behaved well. Antoine, you have done nobly; you will end
+your life in this house.
+
+Mme. Rousseau (to Jules)
+Let me express my gratitude to M. Adolph Durand.
+
+(Jules presents his friend.)
+
+Jules
+Yes, but my real deliverer, my guardian angel is poor Pamela! How well
+she understood my situation and her own also! What self-sacrifice she
+showed! Can I ever forget her emotion, her terror!--and then she
+fainted! (Mme. Rousseau, who has been thinking of nothing else but her
+son, now looks around for Pamela, sees her, and brings her up to
+Jules.) Ah, Pamela! Pamela! My gratitude to you shall be eternal!
+
+Pamela
+Ah, M. Jules! How happy I feel.
+
+Jules
+We will never part again? Will we, mother? She shall be your daughter!
+
+De Verby (to Rousseau with vehemence)
+My sister and my niece are expecting an answer; you will have to
+exercise your authority, sir. This young man seems to have a lively
+and romantic imagination. He is in danger of missing his career
+through a too scrupulous sense of honor, and a generosity which is
+tinged with folly!
+
+Rousseau (in embarrassment)
+The fact is--
+
+De Verby
+But I have your word.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Speak out, brother!
+
+Jules
+Mother, do you answer them, and show yourself on my side?
+
+Rousseau (taking Jules by the hand)
+Jules! I shall never forget the service which this young girl has done
+us. I understand the promptings of your gratitude; but as you are
+aware the Comte de Verby has our promise; it is not right that you
+should lightly sacrifice your future! You are not wanting in energy,
+you have given sufficient proof of that! A young conspirator should be
+quite able to extricate himself from such an affair as this.
+
+De Verby (to Jules)
+Undoubtedly! And our future diplomat will have a splendid chance.
+
+Rousseau
+Moreover my wishes in the matter--
+
+Jules
+O father!
+
+Dupre (appearing)
+Jules, I still have to take up your defence.
+
+Pamela and Joseph
+M. Dupre!
+
+Jules
+My friend!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+It is the lawyer.
+
+Dupre
+I see! I am no longer "my dear Monsieur Dupre"!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Oh, you are always that! But before paying our debt of gratitude to
+you, we have to think about this young girl.
+
+Dupre (coldly)
+I beg your pardon, madame.
+
+De Verby
+This man is going to spoil everything.
+
+Dupre (to Rousseau)
+I heard all you said. It transcends all I have ever experienced. I
+could not have believed that ingratitude could follow so soon on the
+acceptance of a benefit. Rich as you are, rich as your son will be,
+what fairer task have you to perform than that of satisfying your
+conscience? In saving Jules, this girl has brought disgrace upon
+herself! Can it be possible that the fortune which you have so
+honorably gained should have killed in your heart every generous
+sentiment, and that self-interest alone-- (He sees Mme. du Brocard
+making signs to her brother.) Ah! that is right, madame! It is you
+that give the tone in this household! And I forgot while I was
+pleading to this gentleman, that you would be at his elbow when I was
+no longer here.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+We have pledged our word to the Count and Countess of Verby! Mlle.
+Pamela, whose friend I shall be all my life, did not effect the
+deliverance of my nephew on the understanding that she should blight
+his prospects.
+
+Rousseau
+There ought to be some basis of equality in a union by marriage. My
+son will some day have an income of eighty thousand francs.
+
+Joseph (aside)
+That suits me to a T. I shall marry her now. But this fellow here, he
+talks more like a Jewish money-changer than a father.
+
+De Verby (to Dupre)
+I think, sir, that your talent and character are such as to claim our
+highest admiration and esteem. The Rousseau family will always
+preserve your name in grateful memory; but these private discussions
+must be carried on without witnesses from outside. M. Rousseau has
+given me his word and I keep him to his promise! (To Jules) Come, my
+young friend, come to my brother's house; my niece is expecting you.
+To-morrow we will sign the marriage contract.
+
+(Pamela falls senseless on her chair.)
+
+Joseph
+Ah, what have you done! Mlle. Pamela!
+
+Dupre and Jules (darting towards her)
+Good heavens!
+
+De Verby (taking Jules by the hand)
+Come--come--
+
+Dupre
+Stop a moment! I should have been glad to think that I was not the
+only protector that was left her! But listen, the matter is not yet
+ended! Pamela will certainly be arrested as a false witness! (Seizes
+the hand of De Verby.) And you will all be ruined.
+
+(Dupre leads off Pamela.)
+
+Joseph (hiding behind a sofa)
+Don't tell anybody that I am here!
+
+
+Curtain to the Fourth Act.
+
+
+
+                                ACT V
+
+
+                             SCENE FIRST
+
+(The stage setting represents the private study in Dupre's house. On
+one side is a bookcase, on the other a desk. On the left is a window
+hung with heavy, sweeping silk curtains.)
+
+Dupre, Pamela, Giraud and Madame Giraud.
+
+
+(Pamela is seated on a chair reading; her mother is standing in front
+of her; Giraud is examining the pictures on the wall; Dupre is
+striding up and down the room.)
+
+Dupre (stopping, addresses Giraud)
+Did you take your usual precautions in coming here this morning?
+
+Giraud
+You may rest assured of that, sir; when I come here I walk with my
+head turned backwards! I know well enough that the least want of
+caution quickly results in misfortune. Your heart, my daughter, has
+led you astray this time; perjury is a terrible thing and I am afraid
+you are in a serious mess.
+
+Mme. Giraud
+I agree with you. You must be very careful, Giraud, for if any one
+were to follow you and discover that our poor daughter was here in
+concealment, through the generosity of M. Dupre--
+
+Dupre
+Come now, enough of that! (He continues to stride hastily about the
+room.) What ingratitude! The Rousseau family are ignorant of what
+steps I have taken. They believe that Pamela has been arrested, and
+none of them trouble their heads about it! They have sent Jules off to
+Brussels; De Verby is in the country; and Rousseau carries on his
+business at the Bourse as if nothing else was worth living for. Money,
+ambition, are their sole objects. The higher feelings count for
+nothing! They all worship the golden calf. Money makes them dance
+round their idol; the sight of it blinds them.
+
+(Pamela has been watching him, she rises and approaches him.)
+
+Pamela
+M. Dupre, you are agitated, you seem unwell. I fear it is on my
+account.
+
+Dupre
+Have you not shared my disgust at the hateful want of feeling
+manifested by this family, who, as soon as their son is acquitted,
+throw you aside as a mere tool that has served their purpose?
+
+Pamela
+But what can we do about it, sir?
+
+Dupre
+Dear child, does your heart feel no bitterness against them?
+
+Pamela
+No, sir! I am happier than any of them; for I feel that I have done a
+good deed.
+
+Mme. Giraud (embracing Pamela)
+My poor dear daughter!
+
+Giraud
+This is the happiest moment of my life.
+
+Dupre (addressing Pamela)
+Mademoiselle, you are a noble girl! No one has better ground for
+saying it than I, for it was I who came to you imploring you to speak
+the truth; and pure and honorable as you are, you have compromised
+your character for the sake of another. And now they repulse you and
+treat you with contempt; but I look upon you with hearty admiration--
+you shall yet be happy, for I will make full reparation to you!
+Pamela, I am forty-eight years old. I have some reputation, and a
+fortune. I have spent my life as an honest man, and will finish it as
+such; will you be my wife?
+
+Pamela (much moved)
+I, sir?
+
+Giraud
+His wife! Our daughter his wife! What do you say to that, Mme. Giraud?
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Can it be possible?
+
+Dupre
+Why should you wonder at this? Let us have no idle phrases. Put the
+question to your own heart--and answer yes or no--Will you be my wife?
+
+Pamela
+You are a great man, sir, and I owe everything to you. Do you really
+wish to add to the debt? Ah! my gratitude--!
+
+Dupre
+Don't let me hear you use that word,--it spoils everything! The world
+is something that I despise! And I render to it no account of my
+conduct, my hatred or my love. From the moment I saw your courage and
+your resignation--I loved you. Try to love me in return!
+
+Pamela
+Ah, sir, indeed I will!
+
+Mme. Giraud
+Could any one help loving you?
+
+Giraud
+Sir, I am only a poor porter. I repeat it, I am nothing but a porter.
+You love our daughter, you have told her so. Forgive me--my eyes are
+full of tears--and that checks my utterance. (He wipes his eyes.)
+Well, well, you do right to love her! It proves that you have brains!
+For Pamela--there are a great many landowners' children who are her
+inferiors. But it is humiliating for her to have parents such as us.
+
+Pamela
+O father!
+
+Giraud
+You are a leader among men! Well, I and my wife, we will go and hide
+ourselves somewhere far into the country! And on Sunday, at the hour
+of mass, you will say, "They are praying to God for us!"
+
+(Pamela kisses her parents.)
+
+Dupre
+You are good people, and to think that such as you have neither title
+nor fortune! And if you are pining for your country home, you shall
+return there and live there in happiness and tranquillity, and I will
+make provision for you.
+
+Giraud and Mme. Giraud
+Oh! our gratitude--
+
+Dupre
+That word again--I should like to cut it out of the dictionary!
+Meanwhile I intend to take you both with me into the country, so set
+about packing up.
+
+Giraud
+Sir!
+
+Dupre
+Well, what is it?
+
+Giraud
+Poor Joseph Binet is also in danger. He does not know that we are all
+here. But three days ago, he came to see your servant and seemed
+scared almost to death, and he is hidden here, as in a sanctuary, up
+in the attic.
+
+Dupre
+Call him down-stairs.
+
+Giraud
+He will not come, sir; he is too much afraid of being arrested--they
+pass him up food through a hole in the ceiling!
+
+Dupre
+He will soon be at liberty, I hope. I am expecting a letter which will
+relieve all your minds.
+
+Giraud
+At once?
+
+Dupre
+I expect the letter this evening.
+
+Giraud (to his wife)
+I am going to make my way cautiously to the house.
+
+(Madame Giraud accompanies him, and gives him advice. Pamela arises to
+follow her.)
+
+Dupre (restraining Pamela)
+You are not in love with this Binet, are you?
+
+Pamela
+Oh, never!
+
+Dupre
+And the other?
+
+Pamela (struggling with her feelings)
+I shall love none but you!
+
+(Pamela starts to leave the room. A noise is heard in the antechamber.
+Jules appears.)
+
+
+                             SCENE SECOND
+
+Pamela, Dupre and Jules.
+
+
+Jules (to the servants)
+Let me pass! I tell you--I must speak to him at once! (Noticing Dupre)
+Ah, sir! What has become of Pamela? Is she at liberty? Is she safe?
+
+Pamela (stopping at the door)
+Jules!
+
+Jules
+Good heavens! You here?
+
+Dupre
+And you, sir, I thought you were at Brussels?
+
+Jules
+Yes, they sent me away against my will, and I yielded to them! Reared
+as I have been in obedience, I still tremble before my family! But I
+carried away with me the memory of what I had left behind! It has
+taken me six months to realize the situation, and I now acknowledge
+that I risked my life in order to obtain the hand of Mlle. de Verby,
+that I might gratify the ambition of my family, or, if you like, might
+honor my own vanity. I hoped some day to be a man of title, I, the son
+of a rich stock-broker! Then I met Pamela, and I fell in love with
+her! The rest you know! What was a mere sentiment has now become a
+duty, and every hour that has kept me from her I have felt that
+obedience to my family was rank cowardice; and while they believe I am
+far away, I have returned! You told me she had been arrested--and to
+think that I should run away (to both of them) without coming to see
+you, who had been my deliverer, and will be hers also.
+
+Dupre (looking at them)
+Good! Very good! He is an honorable fellow after all.
+
+Pamela (aside, drying her tears)
+Thank God for that!
+
+Dupre
+What do you expect to do? What are your plans?
+
+Jules
+What are my plans? To unite my fortune with hers. If necessary, to
+forfeit everything for her, and under God's protection to say to her,
+"Pamela, will you be mine?"
+
+Dupre
+The deuce you say! But there is a slight difficulty in the way--for I
+am going to marry her myself.
+
+Jules (in great astonishment)
+You?
+
+Dupre
+Yes, I! (Pamela casts down her eyes.) I have no family to oppose my
+wishes.
+
+Jules
+I will win over mine.
+
+Dupre
+They will send you off to Brussels again.
+
+Jules
+I must run and find my mother; my courage has returned! Were I to
+forfeit the favor of my father, were my aunt to cut me off with a sou,
+I would stand my ground. If I did otherwise, I should be destitute of
+self-respect, I should prove myself a soulless coward.--After that, is
+there any hope for me?
+
+Dupre
+Do you ask such a question of me?
+
+Jules
+Pamela, answer, I implore you!
+
+Pamela (to Dupre)
+I have given you my word, sir.
+
+
+                             SCENE THIRD
+
+The same persons and a servant.
+
+
+(The servant hands a card to Dupre.)
+
+Dupre (looking at the card with great surprise)
+How is this? (To Jules) Do you know where M. de Verby is?
+
+Jules
+He is in Normandy, staying with his brother, Comte de Verby.
+
+Dupre (looking at the card)
+Very good. Now you had better go and find your mother.
+
+Jules
+But you promise me?
+
+Dupre
+I promise nothing.
+
+Jules
+Good-bye, Pamela! (Aside, as he goes out) I will come back soon.
+
+Dupre (turning towards Pamela, after the departure of Jules)
+Must he come back again?
+
+Pamela (with great emotion, throwing herself into his arms)
+Ah! sir! (Exit.)
+
+Dupre (looking after her and wiping away a tear)
+Gratitude, forsooth! (Opening a narrow secret door.) Come in, general;
+come in!
+
+
+                             SCENE FOURTH
+
+Dupre and De Verby.
+
+
+Dupre
+Strange, sir, to find you here, when every one believes that you are
+fifty leagues away from Paris.
+
+De Verby
+I arrived this morning.
+
+Dupre
+Without doubt some powerful motive brought you here?
+
+De Verby
+No selfish motive; but I couldn't remain wholly indifferent to the
+affairs of others! You may prove useful to me.
+
+Dupre
+I shall be only too happy to have an opportunity of serving you.
+
+Du Verby
+M. Dupre, the circumstances under which we have become acquainted have
+put me in a position fully to appreciate your value. You occupy the
+first place among the men whose talents and character claim my
+attention.
+
+Dupre
+Ah! sir, you compel me to say that you, a veteran of the Empire, have
+always seemed to me by your loyalty and your independence to be a
+fitting representative of that glorious epoch. (Aside) I hope I have
+paid him back in full.
+
+De Verby
+I suppose I may rely upon you for assistance?
+
+Dupre
+Certainly.
+
+De Verby
+I would like to ask for some information with regard to young Pamela
+Giraud.
+
+Dupre
+I felt sure that was your object.
+
+De Verby
+The Rousseau family have behaved abominably.
+
+Dupre
+Would you have behaved any better?
+
+De Verby
+I intend to espouse her cause! Since her arrest as a perjurer, how do
+things go on?
+
+Dupre
+That can have very little interest for you.
+
+De Verby
+That may be true, but--
+
+Dupre (aside)
+He is trying to make me talk in order to find out whether he is likely
+to be compromised in the case. (Aloud) General de Verby, there are
+some men who cannot be seen through, either in their plans or in their
+thoughts; the actions and events which they give rise to alone reveal
+and explain such men. These are the strong men. I humbly beg that you
+will pardon my frankness when I say that I don't look upon you as
+being one of them.
+
+De Verby
+Sir! What language to use to me! You are a singular man!
+
+Dupre
+More than that! I believe that I am an original man! Listen to me. You
+throw out hints to me, and you think that as a future ambassador you
+can try on me your diplomatic methods; but you have chosen the wrong
+man and I am going to tell you something, which you will take no
+pleasure in learning. You are ambitious, but you are also prudent, and
+you have taken the lead in a certain conspiracy. The plot failed, and
+without worrying yourself about those whom you had pushed to the
+front, and who eagerly strove for success, you have yourself sneaked
+out of the way. As a political renegade you have proved your
+independence by burning incense to the new dynasty! And you expect as
+a reward to be made ambassador to Turin! In a month's time you will
+receive your credentials; meanwhile Pamela is arrested, you have been
+seen at her house, you may possibly be compromised by her trial for
+perjury! Then you rush to me, trembling with the fear of being
+unmasked, of losing the promotion which has caused you so many efforts
+to attain! You come to me with an air of obsequiousness, and with the
+words of flattery, expecting to make me your dupe, and thus to show
+your sincerity! Well, you have sufficient reason for alarm--Pamela is
+in the hands of justice, and she has told all.
+
+De Verby
+What then is to be done?
+
+Dupre
+I have one suggestion to make: Write to Jules that you release him
+from his engagement, and the Mlle. de Verby withdraws her promise to
+be his wife.
+
+De Verby
+Is that your advice?
+
+Dupre
+You find that the Rousseau family have behaved abominably, and you
+ought to despise them!
+
+De Verby
+But you know--engagements of this sort--
+
+Dupre
+I'll tell you what I know; I know that your private fortune is not
+equal to the position which you aspire to. Mme. du Brocard, whose
+wealth is equal to her pride, ought to come to your assistance, if
+this alliance--
+
+De Verby
+Sir! How dare you to affront my dignity in this way?
+
+Dupre
+Whether what I say be true or false, do what I tell you! If you agree,
+I will endeavor to save you from being compromised. But write--or get
+out of the difficulty the best way you can. But stay, I hear some
+clients coming.
+
+De Verby
+I don't want to see anybody! Everybody, even the Rousseau family,
+believes that I have left the city.
+
+A servant (announcing a visitor)
+Madame du Brocard!
+
+De Verby
+Oh, heavens!
+
+(De Verby rushes into an office on the right.)
+
+
+                             SCENE FIFTH
+
+Dupre and Madame du Brocard.
+
+
+(Madame du Brocard enters, her face hidden by a heavy black veil which
+she cautiously raises.)
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+I have been here several times without being lucky enough to find you
+in. We are quite alone here?
+
+Dupre (smiling)
+Quite alone!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+And so this harrowing affair has broken out afresh?
+
+Dupre
+It has, unhappily!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+That wretched young man! If I had not superintended his education, I
+would disinherit him! My life at present is not worth living. Is it
+possible that I, whose conduct and principles have won the esteem of
+all, should be involved in all this trouble? And yet on this occasion
+the only thing that gives me any anxiety is my conduct towards the
+Girauds!
+
+Dupre
+I can well believe it, for it was you who led astray and who induced
+Pamela to act as she did!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+I feel, sir, that it is always a mistake to associate with people of a
+certain class--say, with a Bonapartist--a man who has neither
+conscience nor heart.
+
+(De Verby, who has been listening, shrinks back with a gesture of
+rage.)
+
+Dupre
+You always seemed to have such a high opinion of him!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+His family was highly thought of! And the prospect of this brilliant
+marriage! I always dreamt of a distinguished future for my nephew.
+
+Dupre
+But you are forgetting the general's affection for you, his
+unselfishness.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+His affection! His unselfishness! The general does not possess a sou,
+and I had promised him a hundred thousand francs, when once the
+marriage contract was signed.
+
+Dupre (coughs loudly, as he turns in the direction of De Verby)
+Oh! indeed!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+I am come to you secretly, and in confidence, in spite of all that has
+been said by this M. de Verby, who avers that you are a half-rate
+lawyer! He has said the most frightful things about you, and I come
+now to beg that you will extricate me from this difficulty. I will
+give you whatever money you demand.
+
+Dupre
+What I wish above all is that you promise to let your nephew marry
+whom he chooses, and give him the fortune you had designed for him, in
+case he married Mlle. de Verby.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+One moment; you said, whom he pleased?
+
+Dupre
+Give me your answer!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+But I ought to know.
+
+Dupre
+Very well then, you must extricate yourself without my assistance.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+You are taking advantage of my situation! Ah! some one is coming.
+
+Dupre (looking towards the newcomers)
+It is some of your own family!
+
+Mme. du Brocard (peering cautiously)
+It is my brother-in-law Rousseau--What is he up to now? He swore to me
+that he would keep quiet!
+
+Dupre
+You also took an oath. In fact, there has been a great deal of
+swearing in your family lately.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+I hope I shall be able to hear what he has to say!
+
+(Rousseau appears with his wife. Mme. du Brocard conceals herself
+behind the curtain.)
+
+Dupre (looking at her)
+Very good! But if these two want to hide themselves, I don't know
+where I shall put them!
+
+
+                             SCENE SIXTH
+
+Dupre, Rousseau and Madame Rousseau.
+
+
+Rousseau
+Sir, we are at our wits' end--Madame du Brocard, my sister-in-law,
+came this morning and told us all sorts of stories.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Sir, I am in the most serious alarm.
+
+Dupre (offering her a seat)
+Pray be seated, madame.
+
+Rousseau
+If all she says be true, my son is still in difficulties.
+
+Dupre
+I pity you; I do indeed!
+
+Rousseau
+It seems as if I should never get free! This unfortunate affair has
+lasted for six months, and it seems to have cut ten years off my life.
+I have been forced to neglect the most magnificent speculations,
+financial combinations of absolute certitude, and to let them pass
+into the hands of others. And then came the trial! But when I thought
+the affair was all over, I have been compelled once more to leave my
+business, and to spend my precious time in these interviews and
+solicitations.
+
+Dupre
+I pity you; I do indeed!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Meanwhile it is impossible for me--
+
+Rousseau
+It is all your fault, and that of your family. Mme. du Brocard, who at
+first used always to call me "my dear Rousseau"--because I had a few
+hundred thousand crowns--
+
+Dupre
+Such a sum is a fine varnish for a man.
+
+Rousseau
+From pride and ambition, she threw herself at the head of M. de Verby.
+(De Verby and Mme. du Brocard listen.) Pretty couple they are! Two
+charming characters, one a military lobbyist, and the other an old
+hypocritical devotee!
+
+(The two withdraw their heads quickly.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Sir, she is my sister!
+
+Dupre
+Really, you are going too far!
+
+Rousseau
+You do not know them! Sir, I address you once again, there is sure to
+be a new trial. What has become of that girl?
+
+Dupre
+That girl is to be my wife, sir.
+
+Rousseau and Mme. Rousseau
+Your wife!
+
+De Verby and Mme. du Brocard
+His wife!
+
+Dupre
+Yes, I shall marry her as soon as she regains her liberty--that is,
+provided she doesn't become the wife of your son!
+
+Rousseau
+The wife of my son!--
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+What did he say?
+
+Dupre
+What is the matter? Does that astonish you? You're bound to entertain
+this proposal--and I demand that you do so.
+
+Rousseau (ironically)
+Ah! M. Dupre, I don't care a brass button about my son's union with
+Mlle. de Verby--the niece of a disreputable man! It was that fool of a
+Madame du Brocard who tried to bring about this grand match. But to
+come down to a daughter of a porter--
+
+Dupre
+Her father is no longer that, sir!
+
+Rousseau
+What do you mean?
+
+Dupre
+He lost his place through your son, and he intends returning to the
+country, to live on the money-- (Rousseau listens attentively) on the
+money which you have promised to give him.
+
+Rousseau
+Ah! you are joking!
+
+Dupre
+On the contrary, I am quite serious. Your son will marry their
+daughter--and you will provide a pension for the old people.
+
+Rousseau
+Sir--
+
+
+                            SCENE SEVENTH
+
+The same persons and Joseph (coming in pale and faint).
+
+
+Joseph
+M. Dupre, M. Dupre, save me!
+
+All three
+What has happened? What is the matter?
+
+Joseph
+Soldiers! Mounted soldiers are coming to arrest me!
+
+Dupre
+Hold your tongue! Hold your tongue! (Everybody seems alarmed. Dupre
+looks with anxiety towards the room where Pamela is. To Joseph) To
+arrest you?
+
+Joseph
+I saw one of them. Don't you hear him? He is coming up-stairs. Hide
+me!
+
+(Joseph tries to hide himself in the small room, from which De Verby
+comes out with a cry.)
+
+De Verby
+Ah!
+
+(Joseph gets behind the curtain and Mme. du Brocard rushes forth with
+a shriek.)
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Oh, heavens!
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+My sister!
+
+Rousseau
+M. de Verby!
+
+(The door opens.)
+
+Joseph (falling exhausted over a chair)
+We are all nabbed.
+
+The servant (entering, to Dupre)
+A message from the Keeper of the Seals.
+
+Joseph
+The Keeper of the Seals! That must be about me!
+
+Dupre (advancing with a serious face and addressing the four others)
+I shall now leave you all four face to face--you whose mutual love and
+esteem is so great. Ponder well all I have said to you; she who
+sacrificed all for you, has been despised and humiliated, both for you
+and by you. It is yours to make full reparation to her--to make it
+to-day--this very instant--in this very room. And then, we can take
+measures by which all can obtain deliverance, if indeed you are worth
+the trouble it will cost me.
+
+(Exit Dupre.)
+
+
+                             SCENE EIGHTH
+
+The same persons with the exception of Dupre.
+
+
+(They stand looking awkwardly at each other for a moment.)
+
+Joseph (going up to them)
+We are a nice lot of people. (To De Verby) I should like to know when
+we are put in prison, whether you are going to look out for me, for my
+pocket is as light as my heart is heavy. (De Verby turns his back on
+him. To Rousseau) You know well enough that I was promised something
+for my services. (Rousseau withdraws from him without answering. To
+Mme. du Brocard) Tell me now, wasn't something promised to me?
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+We will see about that later.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+But what do you fear? What are you doing in this place? Were you
+pursued by any one?
+
+Joseph
+Not at all. I have been four days in this house, hidden like so much
+vermin in the garret. I came here because the old Giraud people were
+not to be found in their quarters. They have been carried off
+somewhere. Pamela has also disappeared--she is doubtless in hiding. I
+had no particular desire to run any risk; I admit that I lied to the
+judge. If I am condemned I will obtain my freedom by making a few
+startling revelations; I will tell on everybody!--
+
+De Verby (with energy)
+It must be done!
+
+(De Verby sits at the table and writes.)
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+O Jules, Jules! Wretched child, you are the cause of all this!
+
+Mme. Rousseau (to her husband)
+You see, this lawyer has got you all in his power! You will have to
+agree to his terms.
+
+(De Verby rises from the table. Mme. du Brocard takes his place and
+begins to write.)
+
+Mme. Rousseau (to her husband)
+My dear, I implore you!
+
+Rousseau (with decision)
+By heavens! I shall promise to this devil of a lawyer all that he asks
+of me; but Jules is at Brussels.
+
+(The door opens, Joseph cries out in alarm, but it is Dupre who
+enters.)
+
+
+                             SCENE NINTH
+
+The same persons and Dupre.
+
+
+Dupre
+How is this?
+
+(Mme du Brocard hands him the letter she has been writing; De Verby
+hands him his; and it is passed over to Rousseau who reads it with
+astonishment; De Verby casts a furious glance at Dupre and the
+Rousseau family, and dashes out of the room.)
+
+Dupre (to Rousseau)
+And what decision have you made, sir?
+
+Rousseau
+I shall let my son do exactly what he wants in the matter.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+Dear husband!
+
+Dupre (aside)
+He thinks that Jules is out of town.
+
+Rousseau
+At present Jules is at Brussels, and he must return at once.
+
+Dupre
+That is perfectly fair! It is quite clear that I can't demand anything
+at the moment of you, so long as he is away; to do so would be absurd.
+
+Rousseau
+Certainly! We can settle matters later.
+
+Dupre
+Yes, as soon as he returns.
+
+Rousseau
+Oh! as soon as he returns. (Aside) I will take pretty good care that
+he remains where he is.
+
+Dupre (going towards the door on the left)
+Come in, young man, and thank your family, who have given their full
+consent to your marriage.
+
+Mme. Rousseau
+It is Jules!
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+It is my nephew!
+
+Jules
+Can it be possible?
+
+Dupre (darting towards another room)
+And you, Pamela, my child, my daughter!--embrace your husband.
+
+(Jules rushes towards her.)
+
+Mme. du Brocard (to Rousseau)
+How has all this come about?
+
+Dupre
+Pamela never was arrested. There is no likelihood of her ever being. I
+haven't a title of nobility. I am not the brother of a peer of France,
+but still I have some influence. The self-sacrifice of this poor girl
+has aroused the sympathy of the government--the indictment has been
+quashed. The Keeper of the Seals has sent me word of this by an
+orderly on horseback, whom this simpleton took for a regiment of
+soldiers in pursuit of him.
+
+Joseph
+It is very hard to see plainly through a garret window.
+
+Mme. du Brocard
+Sir, you have caught me by surprise; I take back my promise.
+
+Dupre
+But I still have possession of your latter. Do you wish to have a
+lawsuit about it? Very well, I will appear against you on the other
+side.
+
+Giraud and Mme. Giraud (entering and approaching Dupre)
+M. Dupre!
+
+Dupre
+Are you satisfied with me?
+
+(In the meantime Jules and Mme. Rousseau have been imploring Rousseau
+to yield his consent; he hesitates, but at last kisses Pamela on the
+forehead. Dupre approaches Rousseau and, seeing him kiss Pamela,
+wrings his hand.)
+
+Dupre
+You have done well, sir. (Then turning to Jules) Will you make her
+happy?
+
+Jules
+Ah, my friend, you need not ask!
+
+(Pamela kisses the hand of Dupre.)
+
+Joseph (to Dupre)
+What a fool I have been! Well, he is going to marry her, and I am
+actually glad for them! But am I not to get something out of all this?
+
+Dupre
+Certainly, you shall have all the fees that come to me from the
+lawsuit.
+
+Joseph
+You may count on my gratitude.
+
+Dupre
+That will be receipt in full!
+
+
+Final curtain.
+
+
+
+
+
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