[A noise without. Clash of steel and excited voices.
Enter De Vardes and Fauquemont de Buc pursued by
seven or eight red-capped men armed with pikes. De
Vardes and De Buc use their swords.
The Red Caps
Aristocrats! Aristocrats!
De Vardes (thrusting)
Take that,
Republican!
De Buc (thrusting)