LUCIE. Well, we’ll have ours decanted. [Brightly] Only, you know, it’ll cost money. We shouldn’t have much left if we had to give many dinners to Councils of Revision.
BRIGNAC. Don’t worry about that. You know very well that when Balureau gets back into power he’ll have us out of this dead-alive Châteauneuf, and give us a step up.
LUCIE. Yes; but will he get back into power?
BRIGNAC. Why shouldn’t he?
LUCIE. He was in such a short time.
BRIGNAC. Precisely. They hadn’t time to find him out.
LUCIE [laughing] If he heard you!
BRIGNAC. You misunderstand me. I have the greatest respect for—
LUCIE [interrupting] I know, I know. I was only joking.
BRIGNAC. You’re always worrying about the future; now what makes me the man I am is my persistent confidence in the future. If Balureau doesn’t get into office again we’ll stay quietly at Châteauneuf, that’s all. You can’t complain, as you were born here.