[Laughing, and putting the stiletto back into its sheath]: Fool!
He
And what about the girl?
Mancini
Tss! I give those bourgeois absolute satisfaction, and they glorify my name. [Laughs.] The splendour of my name is beginning to shine with a force unknown. By the way, do you know what automobile firms are the best? Money is no object. [Laughs.] Ah! Papa Briquet!
[Enter Briquet in his overcoat and silk hat. They shake hands.]
Briquet
So, Mancini, you have obtained a benefit performance for your daughter, Consuelo! I only want to tell you, that if it were not for Zinida....
Mancini
Listen, Briquet. Decidedly you are a donkey. What are you complaining of? The Baron has bought all the parquet seats for Consuelo's benefit performance. Isn't that enough for you, you miser?