Godard Perhaps Mlle. De Grandchamp likes my conversation no better than my person?
Pauline
You are mistaken, sir.
The General
Godard—
Pauline Should you do me the favor of no longer seeking me in marriage, you would still possess in my eyes qualities of sufficient brilliancy to captivate the young ladies Boudeville, Clinville, Derville, etc.
Godard That is enough, mademoiselle. Ah! How you do ridicule an unfortunate lover, in spite of his income of forty thousand francs! The longer I stay here, the more I regret it. What a lucky fellow M. Ferdinand de Charny is!
Pauline Lucky? Why is he lucky? Poor fellow! Does his good fortune consist in the fact that he is my father's clerk?
Gertrude
M. de Rimonville—
The General
Godard—
Gertrude
M. de Rimonville—
The General
Godard, my wife is speaking to you.