Grasset. Is the fellow mad?
Host. The joke is at an end. Don't you understand? Henri, do tell them—now you can tell them. We will protect you—the people of Paris will protect you.
Grasset. Yea, the people of Paris.
[Henri stands there with a fixed stare.]
Host. Henri has really murdered the Duc de Cadignan.
Albin, François, and Marquis. What says he?
Albin and others. What means all this, Henri?
François. Henri, pray speak.
Host. He found him with his wife and he has killed him.
Henri. 'Tis not true!