ou!

Godard
And did you agree with her, even in the slightest way?

Pauline
Oh, sir, I agreed with all she said!

Godard (seating himself on a chair, aside)
So far so good. (Aloud) Did she commit a pardonable breach of
confidence by telling you that I was so much in love with you that I
wished to see you the mistress of Rimonville?

Pauline
She gave me to understand by her hints that you were coming with the
intention of paying me a very great compliment.

Godard (falling on his knees)
I love you madly, mademoiselle; I prefer you to Mlle. de Blondville,
to Mlle. de Clairville, to Mlle. de Verville, to Mlle. de
Pont-de-Ville--to--

Pauline
Oh, that is sufficient, sir, you throw me into confusion by these
proofs of a love which is quite unexpected! Your victims make up
almost a hecatomb. (Godard rises.) Your father was contented with
taking the victims to market! But you immolate them.

Godard (aside)
I really believe she is making fun of me. But wait awhile! Wait
awhile!

Pauline
I think at least we ought to wait awhile; and I must confess--

Godard
You do not wish to marry yet. You are happy with your parents, and you
are unwilling to leave your father.

Pauline
That is it, exactly.

Godard
In that case, there are some mothers who would agree that their
daughter was too young, but as your father admits that you are
twenty-two I thought that you might possibly have a desire to be
settled in life.

Pauline
Sir!

Godard
You are, I know, quite at liberty to decide both your own destiny and
mine; but in accordance with the wishes of your father and of your
second mother, who imagine that your heart is free, may I be permitted
still to have hope?

Pauline
Sir, however flattering to me may be your intention in thus seeking me
out, that does not give you any right to question me so closely.

Godard (aside)
Is it possible I have a rival? (Aloud) No one, mademoiselle, gives up
the prospect of happiness without a struggle.

Pauline
Do you still continue in this strain? I must leave you, sir.

Godard
Thank you, mademoiselle. (Aside) So much for your sarcasm.

Pauline
Come sir, you are rich, and nature has given you a fine person; you
are so well educated and so witty that you will have no difficulty in
finding some young person richer and prettier than I am.

Godard
How can that be when one is in love?

Pauline
Well sir, that is the very point.

Godard (aside)
She is in love with someon