bsurd.

Rousseau
Certainly! We can settle matters later.

Dupre
Yes, as soon as he returns.

Rousseau
Oh! as soon as he returns. (Aside) I will take pretty good care that
he remains where he is.

Dupre (going towards the door on the left)
Come in, young man, and thank your family, who have given their full
consent to your marriage.

Mme. Rousseau
It is Jules!

Mme. du Brocard
It is my nephew!

Jules
Can it be possible?

Dupre (darting towards another room)
And you, Pamela, my child, my daughter!--embrace your husband.

(Jules rushes towards her.)

Mme. du Brocard (to Rousseau)
How has all this come about?

Dupre
Pamela never was arrested. There is no likelihood of her ever being. I
haven't a title of nobility. I am not the brother of a peer of France,
but still I have some influence. The self-sacrifice of this poor girl
has aroused the sympathy of the government--the indictment has been
quashed. The Keeper of the Seals has sent me word of this by an
orderly on horseback, whom this simpleton took for a regiment of
soldiers in pursuit of him.

Joseph
It is very hard to see plainly through a garret window.

Mme. du Brocard
Sir, you have caught me by surprise; I take back my promise.

Dupre
But I still have possession of your latter. Do you wish to have a
lawsuit about it? Very well, I will appear against you on the other
side.

Giraud and Mme. Giraud (entering and approaching Dupre)
M. Dupre!

Dupre
Are you satisfied with me?

(In the meantime Jules and Mme. Rousseau have been imploring Rousseau
to yield his consent; he hesitates, but at last kisses Pamela on the
forehead. Dupre approaches Rousseau and, seeing him kiss Pamela,
wrings his hand.)

Dupre
You have done well, sir. (Then turning to Jules) Will you make her
happy?

Jules
Ah, my friend, you need not ask!

(Pamela kisses the hand of Dupre.)

Joseph (to Dupre)
What a fool I have been! Well, he is going to marry her, and I am
actually glad for them! But am I not to get something out of all this?

Dupre
Certainly, you shall have all the fees that come to me from the
lawsuit.

Joseph
You may count on my gratitude.

Dupre
That will be receipt in full!

Final curtain.

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