SYLVETTE. Monsieur!
STRAFOREL. I learned your story from a man named Straforel. I felt at once a mad, unreasoning love for the victim of that unfortunate affair.
SYLVETTE. Marquis!
STRAFOREL. Don't be afraid of me. That fellow who played the trick on you—I killed him!
SYLVETTE. Killed him!
STRAFOREL. With a single blow!
SYLVETTE. Monsieur!
STRAFOREL. I understand you, you who have never been understood.
You want romance, do you not? Romance at any price?
SYLVETTE. But, Marquis—
STRAFOREL. To-night we elope!