Call your creditors together, and offer them so much per cent.
John.
Never.
Lionnette (who enters during these last words).
Never! If we have a sum larger than or equal to our debts, we must pay them fully; if we have only a smaller amount, we must give it to them on account, and look for means to procure the remainder; if we are not able to do it, then we have robbed all these confiding tradesmen, and there is but one thing left for my husband and me to do, that is, to shut ourselves up in a room hermetically sealed, set light to a pan of charcoal, and die together.
John (kissing her hands).
I adore you.
Richard.
Yes, it is very fine, but like a drama or a romance, it is not reality.
Lionnette.