You've counted on your game before 'twas won.
[Henri and Lucienne now peep forth cautiously from doors R. and L. They gaze for a moment in amazement at the Baron, and then advance toward him from either side of stage.]
Henri.
Papa, as I'm alive! How strange it seems!
Lucienne.
It's like the way things happen in one's dreams.
[Gaspard, as if thunderstruck, now quits his hiding-place, taking off hat and throwing aside his pack.]
Gaspard (to Eloise).
Ah, then, Eloise, those cruel words you spoke
Were all intended as a harmless joke?
Eloise (agitatedly).