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SCENE IX.
ELOY alone, looking around him.
I do not see anyone anymore; could they be caught already? I do not think so, for the little bell has not rung. Let us look, however, through the hole in this shutter. (He looks.) They have escaped me. But they will return; the gallant original: "le Galant"; referring to the young suitor, Julien. was holding something that they have surely carried to the house. If I go there, they will slip away as usual. If I say nothing, they will return to the garden, and perhaps even to the cabinet original: "cabinet"; a small private room or closet, often used for storage or private meetings.. Let us put someone to assist me on the other side while I am here. Hey! Guillaume!
SCENE X.
ELOY, GUILLAUME.
GUILLAUME, with his bread.
What is it, Master? original: "not' Maître"; a contraction of "notre Maître," indicating a rustic or lower-class dialect.
ELOY.
What are you doing with that bread again?
GUILLAUME, eating.
By Gad, you can see it well enough, I am eating. original: "Pardi"; a common exclamation or mild oath derived from "par Dieu" (by God).
ELOY.
Stop eating; morbleu A mild oath or exclamation of surprise, derived from "mort de Dieu" (God's death)., they are caught!
GUILLAUME, still eating vigorously, and speaking calmly.
Yes.
ELOY.
I have them, Guillaume.
GUILLAUME, eating.
Who?
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