"Do you mean to applaud much in your own proper person, Morville?"
"Most decidedly. In the first place the play deserves it, and then we must encourage Gercourt. If it succeed, we shall no longer be styled an idle, useless set; and it must succeed, for it is full of wit."
"Yes, but if it should fail, we shall be responsible for its failure."
"No more than you will be responsible for its success."
"Hark! there's the signal."
"The solemn moment!"
"Poor Gercourt!"
"Silence, gentlemen, and listen."
"Be quiet, Morville."
"We are all ears."