SCENE X.--MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, ORONTE, LUCETTE, NÉRINE, SEVERAL CHILDREN. CHI. Fayther! fayther! fayther! MR. POUR. Deuce take the little brats! LUC. What yèu, villun, artn thee fit to drap, vur to tak to yur chillurn arter jis farshin, an' to keep thee eyes vàs, 'feerd thee mids show lig a father teu 'em? Thee shetn git away vrom me, yèu scàulus oseburd! I'll volly thee ivery place, and cry op thee wickedness 'gin I've asàrd thee out, an' 'gin I've amade thee zwing. Rascal, I sheud like vur to mak thee zwing vor't, an' that I sheud. NER. Wilt not bloosh to spaik yon words, an' to tak no thowt o'th kissin' o' yon poor cheel? Thou'lt not get clear o' ma claws; aa can tell thee! an spoit o' thy showin' thy teeth, aa'l mak thee know 'at aa'm thy woif, an' aa'l mak thee hang for it. CHIL. Fayther! fayther! fayther! MR. POUR. Help! help! Where shall I run? ORO. Go; you will do right to have him punished, and he richly deserves to be hanged. SCENE XI.--SBRIGANI (_alone_). Everything has been done according to my wish, and is succeeding admirably. We will so weary out our provincial that he will only be too thankful to leave the place. SCENE XII.--MR. DE POURCEAUGNAC, SBRIGANI. MR. POUR. Ah! I am murdered! What vexation! What a cursed town! Assassinated everywhere! SBRI. What is it, Sir? Has anything new happened? MR. POUR. Yes; it rains doctors and women in this country. SBRI. How is that? MR. POUR. Two jabbering jades have just been accusing me of being married to both of them, and have threatened me with justice. SBRI. This is a bad business, for in this country justice is terribly rigorous against that sort of crime. MR. POUR. Yes; but even if there should be information, citation, decree, and verdict obtained by surprise, default, and contumacy, I have still the alternative of a conflict of jurisdiction to gain time, and a resort to the means of nullity that will be found in the court case. SBRI. The very terms, and it is easy to see that you are in the profession, Sir. MR. POUR. I? Certainly not; I am a gentleman.[14] SBRI. But to speak as you do, you must have studied the law. MR. POUR. Not at all. It is only common sense which tells me that I shall always be admitted to be justified by facts, and that I could not be condemned upon a simple accusation, without witnesses, evidence, and confrontation with my adverse party. SBRI. This is more clever still. MR. POUR. These words come into my head without my knowledge. SBRI. It seems to me that the common sense of a gentleman may go so far as to understand what belongs to right and the order of justice, but not to know the very terms of chicane. MR. POUR. They are a few words I remember from reading novels. SBRI. Ah! I see. MR. POUR. To show you that I understand nothing of chicane, I beg of you to take me to a lawyer to have advice upon this affair.