Act V
The same drawing-room.
Scene I
Jozwowicz enters reading a dispatch.
The result of the ballotting until now: Jozwowicz, 613; Husarski, 604. At ten o’clock: Jozwowicz, 700; Husarski, 700. At 11 o’clock: Jozwowicz, 814; Husarski, 750. The fight is hot. The final results will be known at three o’clock. (He consults his watch.)