Three Plays by Brieux / With a Preface by Bernard Shaw

by Eugène Brieux

MME. MAIRAUT. And the sum is—roughly?

DUPONT. Fifty thousand francs.

MME. MAIRAUT. Fifty thousand francs. [To her husband] You hear, dear, M. Dupont will give his daughter only fifty thousand francs.

MAIRAUT. Yes. [A pause].

MME. MAIRAUT. In cash, of course.

DUPONT. Twentyfive thousand at once. Twentyfive thousand in six months.

MME. MAIRAUT [to Mairaut] You hear?

MAIRAUT. Yes.

MME. MAIRAUT. For practical purposes that is only twentyfive thousand francs and a promise.

DUPONT [with dignity]. Twentyfive thousand francs and my word.