SCENE ELEVENTH
(The drawing-room before described.)
Pauline on the veranda; Gertrude at the door of the room.
Gertrude
She is seeing him out! He has been deceiving me! So has she! (Taking
Pauline by the hand, she leads her to the front of the stage.) Will
you dare tell me, now, mademoiselle, that you do not love him?
Pauline
Madame, I am deceiving no one.
Gertrude
You are deceiving your father.
Pauline
And you, madame?
Gertrude
So both of you are against me—Oh, I shall—
Pauline
You shall do nothing, either against me or against him.
Gertrude Do not compel me to show my power! You must be obedient to your father, and—he is obedient to me.