Justin
There are a great many of them, madame.
Mme. Mercadet
Let them come in here. I will go and inform my husband.
(Mme. Mercadet goes out by one door. Justin opens the other.)
SCENE FIFTH
Pierquin, Goulard, Violette and several other creditors.
Goulard
Gentlemen, we have quite made up our minds, have we not?
All
We have, we have—
Pierquin
No more deluding promises.
Goulard
No more prayers and expostulations.
Violette No more pretended payments on account, thrown out as a bait to get deeper into our pockets.