Joseph You must save M. Jules--I mean, of course, from death--and you must have him transported. I don't want him to be put to death; but he must go abroad. He is rich, and he will enjoy himself. But save his life. Procure a sentence of simple transportation, say for fifteen years, and my fourteen hundred francs are yours. I will give them to you gladly, and I will moreover make you an office chair below the market price. There now! Dupre What is your object in speaking to me in this way? Joseph My object? I want to marry Pamela. I want to have my little Pamela. Dupre Pamela? Joseph Pamela Giraud. Dupre What connection has Pamela Giraud with Jules Rousseau? Joseph Well I never! Why! I thought that advocates were paid for learning and knowing everything. But you don't seem to know anything, sir. I am not surprised that there are those who say advocates are know-nothings. But I should like to have back my fourteen hundred francs. Pamela is accused, that is to say, she accuses me of having betrayed his head to the executioner, and you will understand that if after all he escapes, and is transported, I can marry, can wed Pamela; and as the transported man will not be in France, I need fear no disturbance in my home. Get him fifteen years; that is nothing; fifteen years for traveling and I shall have time to see my children grow up, and my wife old enough--you understand-- Dupre (aside) He is candid, at any rate--Those who make their calculations aloud and in such evident excitement are not the worst of people. Joseph I say! Do you know the proverb--"A lawyer who talks to himself is like a pastry cook who eats his own wares,"--eh, sir? Dupre I understand you to say that Pamela is in love with M. Jules? Joseph Ah! I see, you understand matters. Dupre They used frequently to meet I suppose? Joseph Far too frequently! Oh! if I had only known it, I would have put a stop to it! Dupre Is she pretty? Joseph Who?--Pamela?--My eye! My Pamela! She is as pretty as the Apollo Belvidere! Dupre Keep your fourteen hundred francs, my friend, and if you have courage, you and your Pamela, you will be able to help me in effecting his deliverance; for the question is absolutely whether we must let him go to the scaffold, or save him from it. Joseph I beg you, sir, do not think of saying one word to Pamela; she is in despair. Dupre Nevertheless you must bring it about that I see her this morning. Joseph I will send word to her through her parents. Dupre Ah! she has a father and mother living then? (Aside) This will cost a lot of money. (Aloud) Who are they? Joseph They are respectable porters. Dupre That is good. Joseph Old Giraud is a ruined tailor. Dupre Very well, go and inform them of my intended visit, and above all things preserve the utmost secrecy, or M. Jules will be sacrificed.