MARION (pensive).
I love him!
ACT II
THE ENCOUNTER
Scene.—Blois. The door of a public-house. A square. In the background the city of Blois is visible in the form of an amphitheater, also the towers of St. Nicholas upon the hill, which is covered with houses
SCENE I
Count de Gassé, Marquis de Brichanteau, Viscount de Bouchavannes, Chevalier de Rochebaron. They are seated at tables in front of the door: some are smoking, the others are throwing dice and drinking. Afterward Chevalier de Montpesat, Count de Villac; afterward L'Angely; afterward The Town-Crier and The Populace
BRICHANTEAU (rising, to Gassé, who enters).
Gassé! [They shake hands.
You are come to join
The regiment at Blois: our compliments
Upon your burial. [Examining his clothes.
Ah!