MME. DE RONCHARD
It is just as incredible at the twentieth time as at the first.
LÉON
It is nevertheless the truth.
MME. DE RONCHARD [sarcastically]
Well, if it is really the truth, you were terribly wrong in helping Jean to break his connection with such an admirable woman.
LÉON
Oh, no, Aunt, I only did my duty. You have even called me hairbrained, and perhaps you were right; but you know that I can be very serious when I wish. If this three-year-old liaison had lasted until now, Jean would have been ruined.
MME. DE RONCHARD
Well, how could we help that?