Perron
And without coffee. Don't forget the café! And now that I am rich I shall never go without it again. No, on the contrary, I shall have at least two, and on a silver tray.
Alexandre
Do you mean to say you really believe?—But it doesn't matter. Whether or not the telegram came, the important fact is that you had the vision. It is for this you must be grateful.
Perron
Can a philosopher really be such a fool? Of course the telegram came! And I am grateful!
Alexandre
No. You are the most ungrateful of men. But why mention the telegram? What matters is whether your vision arose from seeing the telegram or seeing the telegraph boy? The philosophic truth is the same.
Perron
Mon dieu! What difference does it make? But I swear I have the telegram, and it reads just as I told you!