The Magistrate
No, no! All three of us will enter it.
Ramel
Your innocence is now at stake.
Gertrude
Gentlemen, let us go in together.
SCENE EIGHTH
Vernon (alone) My poor General! He kneels by the bed of his daughter; he weeps, he prays! Alas! God alone can give her back to him.
SCENE NINTH
Vernon, Gertrude, Ramel, the Magistrate and the Sheriff's Officer.
Gertrude
I scarce can believe my senses; I am dreaming—I am—
Ramel
You are ruined, madame.
Gertrude
Yes, sir—But by whom?