DOCTOR. I have written a prescription for the child which will, I hope, improve its condition and prevent any fresh disorders. But my duty, and yours, does not stop there. If it is not too late, the health of the nurse must be protected.
MME. DUPONT. Tell us what we must do.
DOCTOR. She must stop giving milk to the child.
MME. DUPONT. You mean that we must change the nurse?
DOCTOR. No. I mean that the child cannot continue to be fed at the breast either by this nurse or by any healthy nurse.
MME. DUPONT. Why?
DOCTOR. Because the child would communicate its complaint to the person who gave it milk.
MME. DUPONT. But, doctor, if the baby is brought up on the bottle it will die.
GEORGE [breaking into sobs] Oh, my poor little girl! Oh, my God, it’s me! Oh! Oh!
DOCTOR. Careful treatment, with sterilized milk—