Saint-Charles (to the duke)
Does your grace hear them?
Lafouraille (to Buteux)
Cannot you keep silence? Have we any right to judge him?
Buteux
And yet he condemns us!
Vautrin (to the duke) I would inform your grace that these two men belong to me, and I claim possession of them.
Saint-Charles
Why, these are the domestics of Monsieur de Frescas!
Vautrin (to Saint-Charles)
Steward of the Langeacs, hold your tongue! (He points to Lafouraille)
This is Philip Boulard. (Lafouraille bows.) Will your grace kindly
send every one out of the room?
The Duke
What! Do you dare give your orders in my house?
The Duchess
Ah! sir, he is master here.
The Duke
What! This wretch?
Vautrin If his grace the duke wishes to have an audience present we will proceed to talk of the son of Dona Mendes.