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Honoré de Balzac. Vautrin
Vautrin
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AUTHOR'S PREFACE
PERSONS OF THE PLAY
SCENE: Paris
VAUTRIN
ACT I
SCENE FIRST. (A room in the house of the Duc de Montsorel.) The Duchesse de Montsorel and Mademoiselle de Vaudrey
SCENE SECOND
SCENE THIRD. Mademoiselle de Vaudrey and Felicite
SCENE FOURTH
SCENE FIFTH. Joseph and Vautrin. (Vautrin wears a tan-colored overcoat, trimmed with fur, over the black evening dress of a foreign diplomatic minister.)
SCENE SIXTH
SCENE SEVENTH
SCENE EIGHTH. The Duchesse de Montsorel and Mademoiselle de Vaudrey
SCENE NINTH. The same persons, and the Duc de Montsorel (who enters as the duchess pronounces the last sentence)
SCENE TENTH. Mademoiselle de Vaudrey and the Duchess
ACT II
SCENE FIRST. (Scene the same as in preceding act.) The Duc de Montsorel and Joseph
SCENE SECOND. The preceding and Felicite. (To explain his presence in his wife's room, the duke looks over articles lying on the table, and discovers a letter in a book.)
SCENE THIRD. The preceding, and Blondet, alias the Chevalier de Saint-Charles. (Joseph and Saint-Charles walk together from the centre door, and eye each other attentively.)
SCENE FOURTH. The Duke and Saint-Charles
SCENE FIFTH. The preceding and the Marquis de Montsorel
SCENE SIXTH. The Duke and the Marquis
SCENE SEVENTH. The Duke, the Duchess and the Marquis
SCENE EIGHTH. The same persons and Joseph
SCENE NINTH. The same persons, the Duchesse de Christoval and the Princesse d'Arjos
SCENE TENTH. The same persons, Joseph and Raoul de Frescas
SCENE ELEVENTH. The same persons, except Raoul
SCENE TWELFTH. The Marquis and the Duke
SCENE THIRTEENTH. The same persons and Vautrin. (Vautrin is dressed all in black; at the beginning of the scene he puts on an air of compunction and humility.)
ACT III
SCENE FIRST. (A room in the house of Raoul de Frescas.)
SCENE SECOND. Vautrin and Lafouraille. (Vautrin is dressed in long white duck trousers and a waistcoat of the same material, slippers of red morocco—the morning dress of a business man.)
SCENE THIRD. The same persons, Buteux, Philosopher and Fil-de-Soie
SCENE FOURTH
SCENE FIFTH. Vautrin and Lafouraille
SCENE SIXTH. Lafouraille and Saint-Charles
SCENE SEVENTH
SCENE EIGHTH. Saint-Charles, Vautrin and Lafouraille. (Vautrin wears a bright maroon coat, of old-fashioned cut, with large heavy buttons; his breeches are black silk, as are his stockings. His shoes have gold buckles, his waistcoat is flowered, he wears two watch-chains, his cravat belongs to the time of the Revolution; his wig is white, his face old, keen, withered, dissipated looking. He speaks low, and his voice is cracked.)
SCENE NINTH. Vautrin and Lafouraille
SCENE TENTH. Vautrin and Raoul de Frescas
ACT IV
SCENE FIRST. (Drawing-room of the Duchesse de Christoval.) The Duchesse de Christoval and Inez
SCENE SECOND. The same persons, a footman and Vautrin
SCENE THIRD. The Duchess and Vautrin
SCENE FOURTH
SCENE FIFTH. Vautrin, the Duchesse de Christoval and Inez
SCENE SIXTH. The same persons, and Raoul
SCENE SEVENTH. Inez (standing at the door through which her mother has passed); Raoul (at the other side of the stage)
SCENE EIGHTH The same persons and the Marquis de Montsorel
SCENE NINTH. The Marquis and Raoul; later, Vautrin
SCENE TENTH. Raoul, Vautrin, the Marquis and the Duchesse de Montsorel; Later, the Duchesse de Christoval and Inez
SCENE ELEVENTH. The Duchesse de Christoval, the Duchesse de Montsorel, Raoul and Vautrin
SCENE TWELFTH. Raoul, Vautrin and later Lafouraille
ACT V
SCENE FIRST. (The scene is laid at the Montsorel house, in a room on the ground floor.)
SCENE SECOND. Joseph, Lafouraille and Buteux; later, Vautrin
SCENE THIRD
SCENE FOURTH. Joseph and Vautrin
SCENE FIFTH
SCENE SIXTH Joseph, a footman; and afterwards Saint-Charles
SCENE SEVENTH
SCENE EIGHTH. Saint-Charles, the Duchesse de Montsorel and Mademoiselle de Vaudrey
SCENE NINTH. The same persons, the Duc de Montsorel and a footman
SCENE TENTH. The Duchess, Mademoiselle de Vaudrey and Vautrin
SCENE ELEVENTH. The Duchess and Vautrin
SCENE TWELFTH. The same persons and Mademoiselle de Vaudrey on one side of the stage, Saint-Charles on the other, and domestics
SCENE THIRTEENTH. Vautrin and the Duchess
SCENE FOURTEENTH. The same persons, the Duke, Lafouraille, Buteux, Saint-Charles, and all the domestics
SCENE FIFTEENTH. The same persons, the Duchesse de Christoval, Inez and Mademoiselle de Vaudrey
SCENE SIXTEENTH. The same persons, Raoul and Lafouraille. (The last named does not tarry.)
SCENE SEVENTEENTH. The same persons, a police officer, guards and servants
