Old Madame Etchepare. Thank you, sir. [A pause] Then I will go and wait till they give me back my boy.
La Bouzole. That's right.
She goes out slowly.
Scene III:—La Bouzole, recorder.
Recorder [entering by the door at the back] The hearing is suspended, your worship.
La Bouzole. Has Maître Plaçat concluded?
Recorder. With great applause. Two of the jurymen were seen wiping their eyes. No one doubts there will be an acquittal.
La Bouzole. So much the better.
Recorder. Your worship knows the great news?
La Bouzole. Which?