etc. Grégoire approaches De Vardes.
Grégoire
Monseigneur—Monsieur the Deputy!
De Vardes
Ah!
Say to monsieur I’m not at leisure now.
[Exeunt De Vardes and The Marquise. The
terrace and garden are deserted save for Grégoire,
who seats himself in the shadow of the balustrade.
Grégoire