Macaire. True, true; and that explains.
Dumont. O, that explains. Now, all we have to do is to find mine. It’s a patent key. You heard it drop.
Macaire. Distinctly.
Bertrand. So I did: distinctly.
Dumont. Here, Aline, Babette, Goriot, Curate, Charles, everybody, come here and look for my key!
SCENE VI
To these with candles, all the former characters, except Fiddlers, Peasants, and Notary. They hunt for the key
Dumont. It’s bound to be here. We all heard it drop.
Marquis (with Bertrand’s bundle). Is this it?
All (with fury). No.