I take my leave of this fair company!

My part of Dorimène—it must be played

By some more able, not more willing, one;

For me—I’m bidden to a wider stage.

Adieu! Adieu! Adieu!

The Prisoners

La belle Marquise!

[Exit The Marquise. De Vardes crosses to the

window. De L’Orient gives him place, and he

stands upon the bench and watches the square without.