Verdelin
No, I am not come to dinner.
Mercadet (aside)
He knows all. He is furious!
Verdelin
And this gentleman is your son-in-law? (Verdelin bows to De la Brive.)
This is a fine marriage you are going to make!
Mercadet
The marriage, my dear sir, is not going to take place.
Julie
How happy I feel!
(De la Brive bows to Julie. She casts down her eyes.)
Mme. Mercadet (seizing her hand)
My dear daughter!
Mercadet
I have been deceived by Mericourt.
Verdelin And you have played on me one of your tricks this morning, for the purpose of getting a thousand crowns; but the whole incident has been made public on the Exchange, and they think it a huge joke!
Mercadet
They have been informed, I suppose—