De Vardes
Captain de Buc!
[De Buc mounts the step into the choir and passes
out of the door, between the lines of soldiers. There
is heard the voice of the mob in the square without.
De L’Orient
Away with Melancholy!
The curtain’s up, the play begins! Grégoire,
My name is Thalia! Is’t on thy list?
Grégoire (his eyes upon the paper in his hand)