Madame Guéret [speaking through the door] Yes, she's here. Come in. [Guéret and Féliat come in] Thérèse, we have something to say to you.
Thérèse. Yes, godmamma.
Madame Guéret. It's about something important; something very serious. Let us sit down.
Guéret. You'll have to be brave, Thérèse.
Madame Guéret. We are ruined, and you are ruined too.
Thérèse. Yes.
Madame Guéret. Is that all you have to say?
Thérèse. I knew it already.
Madame Guéret. You knew it? Who told you?
Thérèse. The lawyer told me himself. I had a long letter from him yesterday. He begs me to forgive him.