They are ready.
CLAUDE FROLLO.
The projector of this must never be known.
Silence! take this purse.
I will give you as much more afterward.
[Claude Frollo hides himself in the alcove. Clopin exits with caution. Esmeralda and Phœbus enter.
CLAUDE FROLLO (aside).
Oh, woman adored,
Destiny's prey!
She enters in beauty,
In tears goes away.
ESMERALDA (to Phœbus).
My lord the count,
My feelings I try to hide.
My heart is filled with shame,
And filled also with pride.
PHŒBUS (to Esmeralda).
My beauty, white and red,
I beg you blush no more.
Love, entering love's domain,
Leaves fear outside the door.