Joseph (aside)
O my God! And Jacques—
Saint-Charles
If it inconveniences you—
Joseph
Not in the least.
Saint-Charles
Tell me the truth, you are expecting some one?
Joseph
I am expecting the duchess.
Saint-Charles
And not Jacques Collin?
Joseph
Oh! don't talk to me about that man, you make me shudder.
Saint-Charles Collin is mixed up with some business that might bring him here. You must have seen him lately. I have no time to pump you, and I have no need to bribe, but you must choose between him and me, and pretty quickly, too.
Joseph
What do you require of me?
Saint-Charles
To tell me everything that takes place here.