Gertrude
Ah! (To the doctor) Doctor, you will take yours as usual, I suppose?
Vernon
If you please, madame.
Godard (to Pauline) Did you say, "poor fellow," mademoiselle? For M. Ferdinand is not so poor as you think him. He is richer than I am!
Pauline
How do you know that?
Godard I am certain of it, and I will tell you why. This M. Ferdinand, whom you think you know, is an exceedingly crafty fellow—
Pauline (aside)
Can he possibly know his real name?
Gertrude (aside) A few drops of opium in her tea will put her to sleep, and I shall be saved.
Godard (to Pauline)
You cannot deny the authority of him who has put me on the track.
Pauline
Oh, sir! Kindly tell—
Godard
It was the prosecuting attorney. I remembered that at the house of the
Boudevilles it was said that your clerk—