Whispering in shadows with Aristocrats!

Séraphine

Nothing I said you might not hear, Nanon!

Come, come away!

(To De Vardes as she turns from him.) Monseigneur, have a care!

[Séraphine, Nanon, Céleste, and Angélique

watch the dancers. A grating sound is heard without

the door to the left of the altar. The turnkeys

move aside, the door opens and discloses a passage

lined with gaolers and soldiers.