No, stop.—I must leave.

LIGNIÈRE.

And you are going?....

CHRISTIAN.

To seek this Valvert.

LIGNIÈRE.

Take care. Perhaps it's he that might kill you. (Indicating Roxane.) See! she is looking at you.

CHRISTIAN.

True. (He remains, looking up as if transfixed. The pickpockets get close around him.)

LIGNIÈRE.