[The men named go out. There is heard from the

square without and from the passage a sound of

acclamation. The door is flung open and the Actress

enters.

The Actress

They harmed me not! “No, no!” they said. “No, no!

Delphine Gérard must play for us in Nantes.”

Oh, the people! Oh, the dear good people!

Oh, blessed fortune!

De Vardes