BARON. Such, my dear, is the law.
BARONESS. It is a stupid law.
BARON. Maybe, but it holds; and for you no less than for others.
BARONESS. It is unnatural! And I should never submit to it.
BARON. You don't have to, as we have decided to raise no objections against each other. We have never agreed before, but on this one point we are at one, are we not: to part without any kind of hostility? [To the SHERIFF] Could the Baroness be permitted to wait in that room over there?
SHERIFF. Certainly, walk right in.
The BARON escorts the BARONESS to the door on the right and leaves then himself through the door in the background.
SCENE III