evening, and implicated in an affair from which you will not easily
get off. Have you any regard for the safety of your neck?

Giraud
A great deal!

The officer
Very well! Hold your tongue, then.

Mme. Giraud
Do hold your tongue, Giraud!

Pamela
Merciful heaven! Why did I not believe him at once!

The sheriff (to his agents)
Search the gentleman!

(The agent takes out Jules' pocket handkerchief.)

The officer
It is marked with a J and an R. My dear sir, you are not very clever!

Joseph
What can he have done? Have you anything to do with it, mademoiselle?

Pamela
You are the sole cause of the trouble. Never speak to me again!

The officer