SAVERNY (saluting her).
Ah, Marion, you've degenerated! [He goes out.
SCENE II
Marion, afterward Didier
MARION (alone, shuts the door by which Saverny went out).
Go—
Go quickly! Oh, I feared lest Didier—
[Midnight strikes.
[She goes to the balcony and looks into the street.
[She comes back and sits down impatiently.
[A young man appears behind the balustrade of the balcony, jumps over it lightly, enters, places his cloak and sword on the armchair. Costume of the day: all black: boots. He takes one step forward, pauses and contemplates Marion, sitting with her eyes cast down.