Violette
And who is paying all your debts.
Mercadet
What is this? I never expected to strike a Godeau of this kind.
Pierquin
He has gone crazy!
(All the other creditors gather at the back of the stage. Verdelin approaches them, and speaks in a low voice.)
Verdelin (returning to Mercadet)
It's true enough! All are paid in full!
Mercadet Paid? Every one of them? (Goes from one to the other and looks at the bank-notes and the drafts they have.) Yes, all settled with—settled in full! Ah! I see blue, red, violet! A rainbow seems to surround me.
SCENE FOURTEENTH
The same persons, Mme. Mercadet, Julie (entering at one side) and De la Brive (entering at the other side).
Mme. Mercadet
My friend, M. Godeau, feels himself strong enough to see you all.
Mercadet Come, daughter, wife, Adolphe, and my other friends, gather round me, look at me. I know you would not deceive me.