My wig! (Shaking his fist at the pages.) Scoundrels!

(All the audience laughs. Sudden silence.)

LE BRET (astonished).

What is it?

TRADESMAN (near Le Bret).

The Cardinal.... there.... in a screened box.

A PAGE.

Good-bye, fun! (Raps on the stage. Order in the audience. Wait.)

A MARQUIS (behind the curtain, during silence).