(Enter Chanoine-Malherbe, down-stage right.)
Chanoine-Malherbe. Ma fille, ma fille! (To the Officer) Mon ami, voici la demoiselle dont je vous ai parlé tout à l’heure, et——
Officer. All right, all right. But is this the man who stole your pocket-book?
Chanoine-Malherbe. Oui.
Gerald. Does he say I stole his pocket-book? (To Chanoine-Malherbe) Vous lui avez dit que j’ai volé votre portefeuille?
Chanoine-Malherbe. Jamais de la vie!
Gerald. You see, he says he never said anything of the sort.
Officer. I don’t understand French. Come on to the station.
Gerald. (To Chanoine-Malherbe) Votre fille va au commissariat!
Chanoine-Malherbe. Jamais. (Takes Séraphine by the arm)