And that is?....

ROXANE.

To have his regiment and his dear cadets remain, so long as there is war, right here, in Paris, inactive! The only way to punish him is to deprive him of danger.

GUICHE.

Woman! Woman! No one but a woman would think of such a scheme!

(getting closer to Roxane).

You have then some regard for me? (She smiles.) The fact that you take sides with me, Roxane, is, in my eyes, a proof of love.

ROXANE.

It is one.