The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts

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Оноре де Бальзак

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Зарубежная классика

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2017

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Gertrude M. de Rimonville, if you desire anything solid, there are sandwiches here.

Godard

Thank you, madame.

Gertrude (whispering to Godard)

Your cause is not wholly lost.

Godard

O madame! I have thought a great deal over my rejection by Mlle. de

Grandchamp.

Gertrude

Ah! (To the doctor) Doctor, you will take yours as usual, I suppose?

Vernon

If you please, madame.

Godard (to Pauline) Did you say, "poor fellow," mademoiselle? For M. Ferdinand is not so poor as you think him. He is richer than I am!

Pauline

How do you know that?

Godard I am certain of it, and I will tell you why. This M. Ferdinand, whom you think you know, is an exceedingly crafty fellow —

Pauline (aside)

Can he possibly know his real name?

Gertrude (aside) A few drops of opium in her tea will put her to sleep, and I shall be saved.

Godard (to Pauline)

You cannot deny the authority of him who has put me on the track.

Pauline

Oh, sir! Kindly tell —

Godard

It was the prosecuting attorney. I remembered that at the house of the

Boudevilles it was said that your clerk —

Pauline (aside)

He is putting me on the rack.

Gertrude (offering a cup to Pauline)

Here, Pauline.

Vernon (aside)

Am I dreaming? I thought I saw her put something into Pauline's cup.

Pauline (to Godard)

And what did they say?

Godard Ah! Ah! How attentive you are! I should have been exceedingly flattered to think that you put on that air when any one was talking about me, as I am now talking about M. Ferdinand de Charny.

Pauline

What a strange taste this tea has! You find yours good?

Godard

You talk about the tea in order to distract my attention from the interest you take in what I am telling you. I see through it all!

Well, come now, I am going to astonish you. You must know that M.

Ferdinand is —

Pauline

Is – ?

Godard

A millionaire.

Pauline

You are joking, M. Godard.

Godard

On my word of honor, mademoiselle, he possesses a treasure. (Aside)

She is madly in love with him.