You can, indeed, boast of having a true woman as a wife!

Trévelé (touching him).

Go and kneel at her feet.

(Lionnette is sitting on the couch, supporting her son's head on her knees, and her head thrown back, in an attitude of weariness and contentment. John throws himself on his knees before her, and kisses the hand she has free. She holds out the other to Richard.)

Lionnette (to Richard).

It was just in time.

Richard.

Yes, the cry of a child! that is sufficient. When all is nearly lost, God's way is all-powerful.

John.

I believe in you, and I love you.