[Enter BLAISE.]
STRAFOREL. [To PASQUINOT] But, Monsieur—
PASQUINOT. What? Pay you now that it is broken off!
BERGAMIN. [To whom BLAISE has just whispered] My son—run away?
SYLVETTE. Run away?
STRAFOREL. Well! Well!
BERGAMIN. Quick, follow him! [He runs out, followed by the NOTARY and the WITNESSES.]
SYLVETTE. Gone!
STRAFOREL. [Coming down-stage] Why can't I straighten all this out?
SYLVETTE. This is too much! [She goes out, followed by PASQUINOT.]