No.
Lancéor.
Ah, that is well!... I like that!... And my father, at the moment of his death, wished that I also should choose her whom he had chosen for me.... He had his reasons, very deep and serious reasons, it appears.... And, as he wished it and as he is no longer alive, I must obey him....
Joyzelle.
Why?
Lancéor.
We cannot evade the wishes of the dead.
Joyzelle.
Why?
Lancéor.