Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe: Three Plays By Brieux · Eugène Brieux
SCENE VI:--Mouzon, Maître Plaçat.
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MOUZON. Good-day, my dear fellow—how are you?
PLAÇAT. Fine. And you? I caught sight of you last night at the Grand Theatre; you were with an extremely charming woman.
MOUZON. Ah, yes—I—er—
PLAÇAT. I beg your pardon. Tell me now—I wanted to have a word with you about the Etchepare case.
MOUZON. If you are free at the present moment, we are going to hold the examination at once.
PLAÇAT. That's the trouble—I haven't a minute.
MOUZON. Would you like us to postpone it until to-morrow?
PLAÇAT. No, no—I have just been speaking to the accused. An uninteresting story. He just keeps on denying—that's all. He agreed to be interrogated without me. [Laughing] I won't hide from you that I advised him to persist in his method. Well, then, au revoir. If he wants an advocate later on, let me know—I'll send you one of my secretaries.
MOUZON. Right. Good-bye for the present, then.
He returns to his desk. The recorder enters, then Etchepare, between two gendarmes.
