Fanny

Marius:
[angrily insulting Panisse] Lecher!

Panisse:
What?

Marius:
Eunuch!

Fanny:
Oh, Marius, be consistent. He can't be both.

Escartifique:
[First lines] Full steam ahead!

Cesar:
[Indicating Marius' friend] Is that coffee for him?

Marius:
Yes. Want a cup?

Cesar:
No.

Marius:
Why not?

Cesar:
Because if we drink everything free, there would be nothing left for the customers!

Escartifique:
[his crewman is blowing the boat's whistle too long] Enough, idiot! You're using up all the steam!

Panisse:
Your son is a lout! And with or without your permission I would kick him in the behind!

Fanny:
Why weren't you at the dance last night?

Marius:
Well, I can live without dancing.

Fanny:
I dance practically every dance with Victor. Very good dancer. Very polite and clever too.

Marius:
Victor? Is he that little boy with the large pimples?

Fanny:
Oh the pimples are all gone now.

Marius:
I'm glad to hear it.

Fanny:
They've been replaced by boils.

Marius:
[Staring lovingly at the sea, and a sail boat coming into the harbour] I want to be on that ship!

Cesar:
You know Marius, I think it's about time you got married.

Marius:
Me? Why?

Cesar:
Now now, Marius. Don't take me for an idiot. I know you love Fanny.

Marius:
Who told you?

Cesar:
[Sarcastic] My little finger.

Marius:
Then that little finger is not so bright.

Fanny:
Do you know where I've just come from?

Marius:
[Uneasy] No.

Fanny:
Panisse's. I told him I could no marry him.

Marius:
Are you sure you did the right thing?

Cesar:
[Talking to his son Marius] You know, sometimes I say that you make my life miserable. It's not true.

Honorine:
[Panisse wants to marry Fanny] She is forty years younger than you!

Panisse:
That is not my fault. I admit I am no spring chicken, but I also admit that I have six hundred thousand francs.

Honorine:
My poor Panisse...

Cesar:
[Looking at the new expedition preparing to sail out] Some scientists! None of them a day over thirty-five!

Marius:
[Torn between Fanny and his dream] Fanny. Only you can stop me. Now tell me that you love me. Tell me now!

Fanny:
[Weeping] Marius, I tell you... you are free to go.

Marius:
[Heartbroken] Alright. Then it's settled. Each to his love! You will marry Panisse's money, and I will marry the sea!

Panisse:
It's not dying I mind. It's giving up life that annoys me.