Mercadet (going to the desk)
It is for him to say.
Mercadet (aside)
How can I tell her? My heart is breaking.
Julie
What have you got to say, Adolphe?
Minard
Mademoiselle—
Julie Mademoiselle! Am I no longer Julie to you? Oh, tell me quickly. You have settled everything with my father, have you not?
Minard Your father has shown great confidence in me. He has revealed to me his situation; he has told me—
Julie
Go on, please go on—
Mercadet
I have told him that we are ruined—
Julie
And this avowal has not changed your plans—your love—has it,
Adolphe?
Minard (ardently) My love! (Mercadet, without being noticed, seizes his hand.) I should be deceiving you—mademoiselle—(speaking with great effort)—if I were to say that my intentions are unaltered.