Recorder. I beg your pardon, Madame—I am forgetting myself—but there are moments when one is thankful, yes, so gratified, that social differences don't count.
Madame Vagret. You are right, my dear man.
Enter the President of Assizes and Bunerat.
The President. Madame, I congratulate you! We've got it, the capital sentence!
Madame Vagret. We have it safely this time, haven't we, Monsieur?
The President. That is certain. But where is our hero? Magnificent—he was magnificent—wasn't he, Bunerat?
Bunerat. Oh, sir, but the manner in which you presided prepared the way so well—
The President. Well, well, I don't say I count for nothing in the result, but we must do justice to Vagret. [To Madame Vagret] You ought to be greatly gratified—very proud and happy, my dear Madame—
Madame Vagret. Oh, I am, your honor—
The President. But what a strange idea to demand an adjournment! Is he unwell?