Ferdinand
And what has she been doing?
Gertrude
You have not been false to me? You do not want to kill me?
Ferdinand
Kill you? She? I?
Gertrude
Am I the victim of one of Godard's jokes?
Ferdinand
Gertrude, you are beside yourself!
Godard (to Pauline)
Ah! Mademoiselle, that is bad play!
Pauline
You lost a great deal by not taking my stepmother for a partner.
Gertrude (to Ferdinand) Ferdinand, I do not know whether I am rightly or wrongly informed; but this I do know; I prefer death to the loss of our hopes.
Ferdinand Take care! The doctor has been watching us very keenly for the last few days.
Gertrude (aside) She has not once looked back at him! (Aloud) She will marry Godard, for her father will compel her to do so.