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Brieux
heaven we are rich enough. No doubt he would make
it appear doubtful whether the child hadn t caught this dis
ease from the nurse, rather than the nurse from the child.
Indeed, what matters a peasant woman! They
are so numerous. In vain the doctor tries to con
vince Mme. Dupont that it is not a question of
money. It is a question of humanity, of decency;
he would not and could not be a party to such a
crime.
After the doctor leaves to examine the child,
Mme. Dupont and her worthy son clinch the bar
gain with the unsuspecting and ignorant servant.
They tell her that the baby has a cold which it
might communicate to her. The poor peasant girl
had lived in the cold all her life, and as she justly
says :
"
We of the country are not as delicate as
the Parisian ladies." She realizes that a thou
sand francs would mean a great fortune to her, and
that it would help her people to pay the mortgage
and become independent. She consents to stay
and signs away her health.
The doctor returns with the dreaded news that
the child has congenital syphilis. He informs
them that with care and patience the child might
be cured, but that it will have to be put on bottle
milk, because otherwise it would be disastrous to
the nurse. When he is told that the nurse has
consented to remain, he grows indignant, declar
ing:
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