[The Soldiers push her off; she approaches L'Angely with anguish.
L'ANGELY (takes her hand and leads her in silence before the edict).
Read this!
MARION (reads, and starts back with horror).
My God! Just God! Condemned to death!
They've taken him away. To kill him! Oh,
I brought this ruin on him with my cries!
I called for help, but my unhappy voice
Found death in the dark streets and brought her here.
Impossible! A duel is no crime!
[To L'Angely.
L'ANGELY.
I think they will.
MARION.
He can escape!