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152 Brieux
. . . But there is not only your wife, there are her
children, your children, whom you may contaminate, too.
It is in the name of those innocent little ones that I
appeal to you; it is the future of the race that I am
defending.
But George Dupont will not postpone the mar
riage for several years. He would have to give
an explanation, break his word, and lose his in
heritance, things infinitely more important than
any consideration for the girl he
"
adores
"
or for
their children, should they have any. In short,
he is actuated by the morality of the bourgeoisie:
the silly conception of honor, the dread of public
opinion and, above all, the greed for property.
The second act is laid at the home of George
Dupont. George and his wife Henriette are child
ishly happy, except for the regret that their mar
riage could not have taken place six months earlier
because poor George had been declared consump
tive. How stupid of doctors to suspect the
healthy strong George Dupont of consumption!
But, then,
"
all doctors are stupid." But now that
they are together, nothing shall part them in their
great happiness, and especially in their great love
for their baby. True, a little cloud obscures their
sunny horizon. The baby is not very strong; but
with the care and devotion of the grandmother, out
in the country air, it is sure to recover.
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