Simon Renard (who overhears these last words).
You are mistaken, my master; it is the executioner!
JOSHUA (low to Gilbert and Jane).
Let us move back a little!
[Simon Renard goes off slowly; when he has disappeared.
That is Master Simon Renard himself.
GILBERT.
I don't like to have all these men prowling about my house.
JOSHUA.
What the devil is he doing here? I must hurry back; I think he is getting work ready for me. Good-by, Gilbert! Good-by, my beautiful Jane, I knew you when you were no bigger than that, all the same!