Hugh Capet—(Hurrying on after Pierre.) Come on.
Jules Bacqueur— Wait.
Let's hear how the Bailiff is.
(Hugh Capet returns to the corner of the cottages that are flush with the street and the men look back to where two figures, one after the other, appear in the lighted doorway of Jardin's house, a man who comes out and an old woman with a white cap on who carries a small lamp. A little later the door is closed.)
Hugh Capet— Who is it, Jacques?
Jules Bacqueur—He spent the night there.
Hugh Capet— What a night it was!
Just see these limbs.
Jules Bacqueur— And there's some fellow's hat.
Hugh Capet—The roof's off Pirot's barn, and Lisette—
Jules Bacqueur— Here.
(He comes forward to the edge of the street.)