Bah! Leave charmers to women,—only fighters win at war!
[Exit.
LA ROCHE.
[To DENISE.]
How long since you have heard from Jean Litais?
DENISE.
Not since he, my lover, went to Paris to aid the Duc de Beaumont to escape.
LA ROCHE.
This fiendish reign of terror has prevented me from hearing of the
Duke till now.