Oh, certainly! My nephew shall tell everything. He has been led on by
people who now abandon him to his fate, and he in his turn ought--

De Verby (in a low voice to Dupre)
What, sir! Would you advise your client to betray--?

Dupre (quickly)
Whom?

De Verby (in a troubled voice)
But--can't we find some other method? M. Jules knows what a man of
high spirit owes to himself.

Dupre (aside)
He is the man--I felt sure of it!

Jules (to his mother and aunt)
Never, though I should die for it--never will I compromise any one
else.

(De Verby shows his pleasure at this declaration.)

Mme. Rousseau
Ah! my God! (Looking at the police.) And there is no chance of our
helping him to escape here!

Mme. du Brocard
No! that is out of the question.

Antoine (coming into the room)