Brichanteau: You come to Blois to join the regiment?
We all condole with you. What is the news
From Paris?
Gasse: The duel has come in again. Richelieu
Is furious.
Rochebaron: That's no news. We duel here,
To pass the time away.
Gasse: But have you heard
Of the incredible, mysterious flight
Of Marion de Lorme?
Brichanteau: We have some news,
Gasse, for you. Marion is here.
Gasse: At Blois?
You jest! The Queen of Beauty? Marion
In a place like this?
Brichanteau: Saverny was attacked
Last night by footpads. They were killing him,
When a man beat them off, and took our friend
Into a house.
Gasse: But Marion de Lorme?
Brichanteau: It was her house. Saverny's rescuer
Was the young man with whom she is in love.