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ceremony to be conducted by an actor friend. The ceremony takes place at the town hall, after which Étienne reveals that the "fake" mayor was in fact the genuine one, and that Amélie and Marcel are now married. Amélie and Marcel convince Étienne that they have not deceived him, and after further comings and goings, involving the prince and the police, Amélie and Étienne are found together in circumstances sufficiently compromising for Marcel to obtain a divorce, leaving Amélie and Étienne free to marry. Marcel leaves them together, bidding Étienne, "Look after Amélie".
249:. Before leaving he asks his old friend Marcel Courbois, in whom he has full confidence, to entertain and watch over his girlfriend. "Look after Amélie", he bids his friend. This suits Marcel, who means to pass Amélie off as his fiancée to fool his godfather Van Putzeboom, who holds a huge sum in trust for him, to be handed over when he marries. A visitor to Paris, the Prince of Palestria, has seen Amélie at the theatre and has lascivious designs on her. He sends his aide-de-camp, General Koschnadieff, to arrange a rendezvous.
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Feydeau has a spirit, a devil in him which it is impossible to resist. With him, you have to laugh, laugh again, laugh always. We are not deprived of that here. Even those who are not keen on vaudeville or that kind of theatre cannot escape from the contagion. What can one do when
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