[To Saverny.] She must have a companion 'mongst these men.
SAVERNY.
It's likely. Such fair ladies are not prudes,
And seldom travel round the world alone.
LAFFEMAS (aside).
I'll guard this door. It will go hard, indeed,
If I can't capture that false actor here.
He's taken now—no doubt of that! [Goes out.
SAVERNY (watches the exit of Laffemas: aside).
I think
I've done a foolish thing.
[Taking Gracieux aside, who all this time has stood in a corner gesticulating and running over his lines: in a whisper.
[Indicating the door of the barn.
GRACIEUX.