Count Louis (rubbing his hands)

Here, Sergeant, range them here,

Upon the terrace! And take the great chair,

De Vardes! Ma foi! We will teach them, the rogues!

Monsieur l’Anglais, have you peasants at home

Plague you at times?—Word of a gentleman!

It seems like old days and Henri again!

[The soldiers thrust their prisoners forward with

the butts of their muskets.

A Man