I am coming.

[She descends the stair. Men and women clutch her

and thrust her forward to the bar.

I am here!

I am Yvette, called Right of the Seigneur.

My mother was the peasant girl, Yvonne;

My father was the Baron of Morbec.

I am tired of Ça ira, Carmagnole,

I would sleep with the Loire for my pillow!

The Crowd