The Tribune of the People: I will show the daughter of the King to the people.
(The air is filled with the clamor of bells. Cannon in the distance.
The Go-Between: Do you hear?
(He goes to the Second Group. To the man out of office, pointing to the tribune of the people.
He is going to fetch the King's daughter and show her to the people.
The Man Out of Office: Does he plan to make himself dictator? I shall oppose him in that. I prefer the other one.
The Go-Between (to the brother of the king): He says that he wants to have them crown the daughter of the King.
The Brother of the King: Her?
It is to me that the crown reverts. What does Tête-d'or intend to make of this little kingdom here?
The Go-Between (in the group of the officials): Well? Which? What do you say? The daughter or the brother?