Enter Nicolaas, Nestiers, and two others.
Nestiers. Captain, here is a fellow who has been rebelling against us.
D’Eglantiers. Well—what has he been doing?
Nestiers. He forcibly resisted our entrance into an écurie in which there was a lancer’s horse standing.
D’Eglantiers. And where was the lancer who sat on the horse?
Nestiers. He is nowhere to be found.
D’Eglantiers. Well—just look through the whole village till you find him.
[Exeunt Nestiers and others.
D’Eglantiers (to Nicolaas). Who are you?
Nicolaas. I am the Burgomaster.