Mercadet
Yes, privately.
Goulard
Good-bye. Thanks, Mercadet; madame, accept my respects.
Mercadet (stopping him)
Goulard!
Goulard
Eh?
Mercadet
What about this note to Delannoy?
Goulard
I will speak to him about the postponement—
Mercadet No; write to him; and in the meantime I will find some one who will buy your stock.
Goulard (sitting down)
All my Basse-Indre? (He takes up a pen.)
Mercadet (aside)
Here you see the honest man, ever ready to rob his neighbor. (Aloud)
Very well, write—ordering a postponement of three months.
Goulard (writing)
Three months! There you have it.