M. de Bonnel.—Augustus, I hope you have returned to George, as I told you, that little cart you took from him?
Augustus (ill-temperedly).—I was obliged to do it, since you desired me, but I did not take it from him; I paid him what it cost. If he was so obstinate as to refuse the money, that was not my fault.
M. de Bonnel.—He did not want your money, and he wished to keep his cart; you had no right to force the bargain upon him.
Augustus.—I have a right to make him do as I please.
M. de Bonnel.—And how came you by this right?
Augustus.—His father Antony is your servant.
M. de Bonnel.—And is that any reason that George should have no will of his own?
Augustus.—No; but it is a reason why he should give up to me; and the best proof that he very well knows this, is that he always does give up to me. To-day, though he would not sell me his cart, he did not think of preventing me from taking it; and had it not been for you he would certainly not have got it back again.
M. de Bonnel.—Very well; but, what is singular in the matter is that for the future he will think differently, and that henceforward he will be obliged to resist you.