Scene II:—La Bouzole, Old Madame Etchepare.
La Bouzole. They tell me, Madame, that you wished to see one of the gentlemen of the Bar.
Old Madame Etchepare. Yes, sir.
La Bouzole. You wish to be present at the trial?
Old Madame Etchepare. No, sir. I know so well that they cannot condemn my son that what they say in there doesn't interest me in the least. I am waiting for him. I have come because they have turned us out of our house.
La Bouzole. They have turned you out?
Old Madame Etchepare. The bailiffs came.
La Bouzole. Then your son owed money?
Old Madame Etchepare. Since they arrested him all our men have left us. We couldn't get in the crops nor pay what was owing. But of course I know they'll make all that good when my son is acquitted.
La Bouzole [aside] Poor woman!