BRIGNAC. Yes; I’m in a nice place. Who’d have thought it? So this is the thanks I get for all I’ve done for her!
LUCIE. Don’t fly into a rage!
BRIGNAC. Her! her! A child brought up in the strictest principles, brought up at home here by you and me, not allowed to read novels or go to the theatre! She hasn’t even the excuse of having been to a boarding school. Why, sometimes we could hardly help laughing at her ignorance of life.
LUCIE. Perhaps if she had been less ignorant, she would have run less risk.
BRIGNAC [breaking out] That’s right! Now it’s all my fault!
LUCIE. Don’t get into a passion!
BRIGNAC. I shall if I like! And I think there’s some reason, too! Annette!
LUCIE. Annette is only a victim.
BRIGNAC [shouting] A victim! I tell you there’s only one victim here! Only one! And do you know who?