BRIGNAC. And you have twelve children?
FÉCHAIN. The thirteenth coming, too.
BRIGNAC. What! My best congratulations.
MADELEINE. Your wife might have some of the congratulations as well.
FÉCHAIN. Thank you, ma’am. I’ll tell her what you say.
MADELEINE. Is she in good health?
FÉCHAIN. Perfect.
BRIGNAC. That’s fine. You’re a grand fellow, a real example of public virtue.
FÉCHAIN. It’s just the way I’m made, so I can’t help it. [Laughing with stupid vanity] Aha, if only everyone were like you or me! The way you talked, you know! Why, number thirteen had to be on the way after that. How many have you?
BRIGNAC. Two.