Lassalle. Yes, you are here.
Helene. Do you not see?—I have come to you.
Lassalle. [Musingly] I see!
Helene. Yes, and in doing this I have burned my bridges. I can never go back—I have broken my promise with them—for you. They are no longer my parents. The Paris Express goes in half an hour——
Lassalle. You studied the time-table?
Helene. [Trying to smile] Yes, I calculated the time. To be caught here is death to me, and prison to you. In this town my father is supreme—the law is construed as he devises—safety for us lies in flight!
Lassalle. But my belongings!
Helene. Your valet can attend to them.
Lassalle. And I run away, flee?
Helene. [Trying to be gay] Yes, with me.