Gustave
He won’t go away. It’s another of Virginie’s blunders. As soon as she catches sight of a beggar, she loses her head. It’s really too silly. She let this madman in; and he insists on seeing Aunt Hortense and raising her from the dead.
A Guest
You should send for the police. Why don’t you?
Gustave
No, no; no scandal! I don’t want the police in the house on a day like this.
Achille
(Changing his tone.) Gustave.
Gustave
Well?