We must save the Marquis.
He's a dead man if he is caught.
[The noblemen surround Saverny.
CAPTAIN OF THE DISTRICT.
Zounds, sirs!
To fight a duel 'neath the very light
Of the edict is bold indeed!
[To Didier.] Give up
Your sword.
[The Archers seize Didier, who stands apart, and disarm him. The Captain indicates Saverny stretched upon the ground and surrounded by the noblemen.
BRICHANTEAU.
His name's Gaspard,
Marquis de Saverny, and he is dead.
CAPTAIN OF THE DISTRICT.
Dead, is he? Then his trouble's over. Good!
This dead man's worth more than the other.
MARION (frightened).