CHARACTERS
Mouzon
Vagret
Etchepare
Mondoubleau
La Bouzole
Bunerat
Attorney-General
President of Assizes
Delorme
Ardeuil
Bridet
Police Sergeant
Recorder
Plaçat
Doorkeeper
Yanetta
Etchepare's Mother
Madame Vagret
Madame Bunerat
Bertha
Catialéna
Time—The present.
ACT I
Scene I:—A small reception-room in an old house at Mauleon.
The curtain rises, revealing Madame Vagret in evening dress; she is altering the position of the chairs to her own satisfaction. Enter Bertha, also in evening dress, a newspaper in her hand.
Bertha. Here's the local paper, the Journal. I sent the Official Gazette to father; he has just come home from the Court. He's dressing.
Madame Vagret. Is the sitting over?