Scene Thirteenth
Pauline and Gertrude; later, the General.
Gertrude
Go back to your room, lock yourself in! I’ll take all the blame.
(Pauline goes to her room.) I will wait for him here.
(Gertrude goes back into her room.)
The General (coming in from the garden) I can find the vase of flowers nowhere. There is some mystery in all these things. Gertrude?—There is no one here! Ah! Madame de Grandchamp, you will have to tell me!—It is a nice thing that I should be deceived by both wife and daughter!
Curtain to the Second Act.