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Adèle has just received the bills from the butcher, baker, and grocer--they will not get any food until the bills are paid. However, her father has bought candles in memory of his dead son. As usual, Adèle angrily scolds her father. This scene is significant as it not only establishes the conflict of the play, but also sets up the resolution, revealing that Monsieur Durand had a plan to save his family all along.
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ADÈLE: Oh, God in heaven, this is the end for us! But what's this? [Opens a package.]
DURAND: Some candles that I bought for the mass for my dear little Rèné. Today is the anniversary of his death.
ADÈLE: You can afford to buy such things!
DURAND: With my tips, yes. Don't you think it is humiliating to stretch out my hand whenever a traveller leaves us?
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