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Damaged Goods
"
You must not ask me to sacrifice the health of a young
and strong woman to that of a sickly infant. I will be
no party to giving this woman a disease that would em
bitter the lives of her whole family, and almost certainly
render her sterile. Besides, I cannot even do it from a
legal standpoint. . . .
If you do not consent to have the
child fed by hand, I shall either speak to the nurse or
give up the case"
But there is no need for the doctor to interfere.
Fortunately for the servant, she discovers the
miserable transaction. She learns from the but
ler the real condition of the child, and announces
to the Duponts that she must refuse to stay.
"
I
know your brat isn t going to live. I know it s
rotten through and through because its father s
got a beastly disease that he caught from some
woman of the streets."
At this terrible moment the unsuspecting, light
headed and light-hearted mother, Henriette, ar
rives. She overhears the horrible news and falls
screaming to the floor.
The last act takes place in the hospital the
refuge of the unfortunate victims of poverty, ig
norance and false morality. M. Loche, the
Deputy, is announced. The doctor is overjoyed
because he believes that the representative of the
people comes to inform himself of the causes of
the widespread misery. But he is mistaken.
M. Loche is the father-in-law of George Dupont.
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