Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Cesariot that his real father is Marius, the absent son of Cé(👗)sar, Cesariot's godfather. Panisse leaves that to Fanny, the lad's mother. Dissembling that he's off to ...