Vautrin
I and those two men upstairs—are we not all liable to prosecution?
And ought not the duke to give us assurance of silence and release?
The Duchess
Those two men then are your agents? And you came—
Vautrin But for me, of the two, natural and lawful son, there would not, in a few hours, have survived but one child. And they might perchance both have fallen—each by the other's hand.
The Duchess
Ah! you are a providence of horror!
Vautrin
What would you have had me do?
SCENE FOURTEENTH. The same persons, the Duke, Lafouraille, Buteux, Saint-Charles, and all the domestics.
The Duke (pointing to Vautrin) Seize him! (Pointing to Saint-Charles) And obey no one but this gentleman.
The Duchess But you owe to him the life of your Albert! It was he who gave the alarm.
The Duke
He!
Buteux (to Vautrin)
Ah! you have betrayed us! Why did you bring us here?