MME. MAIRAUT. I have come back for two things. First, to advise you not to count too much on my husband’s promise. Next, to thank you for the fresh insult you have put upon us.
DUPONT. What insult?
MME. MAIRAUT. You don’t know, I suppose, to whom Mlle. Caroline has given half her legacy?
DUPONT. No. But I shall be glad to learn.
MME. MAIRAUT. To your clerk, Courthezon.
DUPONT. Courthezon? It’s a lie!
MME. DUPONT. Courthezon!
MME. MAIRAUT. She has just told me so herself.
Caroline comes in.