Scene.—A tumble-down inn on the outskirts of Paris by the edge of the Seine. The scene is represented on the stage in a sort of section, so that the spectator sees everything that goes on in the interior of the inn, as well as on the road outside. Besides this, the building is so cracked and ruined that any passer-by can see into the room through the holes in the wall. It is night. Triboulet and his daughter appear in the road. Saltabadil is sitting in the inn.
Triboulet: I will avenge you, Blanche.
Blanche: He cannot be
False and untrue.
Triboulet (whispering, as he leads her to a hole in the wall):
Come. See with your own eyes,
What kind of man our great King François is.
Blanche (whispering, as she sees only Saltabadil):
I only see a stranger.
Triboulet: Wait awhile.
[As he whispers, King François enters the room by a little door leading from an inner chamber.
Blanche: Father!
[She trembles, and follows with angry eyes the movements of The King.
Triboulet: This is the man you wish to save.