[_Both throw off their cloaks, take off their hats with which they salute each other, throwing them afterward on the ground. Then they draw their swords._ SAVERNY. At your service, sir. DIDIER. Now! _Garde!_ [_They cross swords and fence, silently and furiously. Suddenly the small door opens, Marion in a white dress appears._ SCENE IV _The same._ Marion MARION. What is this noise? [_Perceiving Didier under the lamp._ Didier! [_To the combatants._] Stop! [_They continue._] Ho! The guard! SAVERNY. Who is this woman? DIDIER (_turning_). Heaven! BOUCHAVANNES (_running, to Saverny_). All is lost! That woman's cry went through the town. I saw the archers' rapiers flash. [_The Archers with torches enter._ BRICHANTEAU (_to Saverny_). Seem dead, Or you will be so! SAVERNY (_falling down_). Ah! [_Low to Brichanteau, who bends over him._ Oh, damn these stones. [_Didier, who thinks he has killed him, pauses._ CAPTAIN OF THE DISTRICT. Hold! In the King's name! BRICHANTEAU (_to the noblemen_). We must save the Marquis. He's a dead man if he is caught. [_The noblemen surround Saverny._ CAPTAIN OF THE DISTRICT. Zounds, sirs! To fight a duel 'neath the very light Of the edict is bold indeed! [_To Didier._] Give up Your sword. [_The Archers seize Didier, who stands apart, and disarm him. The Captain indicates Saverny stretched upon the ground and surrounded by the noblemen._ That other man with dull eyes, who Is he? What is his name? BRICHANTEAU. His name's Gaspard, Marquis de Saverny, and he is dead. CAPTAIN OF THE DISTRICT. Dead, is he? Then his trouble's over. Good! This dead man's worth more than the other. MARION (_frightened_). What! CAPTAIN OF THE DISTRICT (_to Didier_). The whole affair rests now with you, sir. Come! [_The Archers lead Didier off on one side, the noblemen carry Saverny off on the other._ DIDIER (_to Marion, who is motionless from horror_). Forget me, Marion. Good-by! [_They exit._ SCENE V Marion, L'Angely MARION (_rushing to detain him_). Didier! What do you mean? Good-by? Why this good-by? Wherefore forget you? [_The Soldiers push her off; she approaches L'Angely with anguish._ Is he lost for this? What did he do? What will they do to him? L'ANGELY (_takes her hand and leads her in silence before the edict_). Read this! MARION (_reads, and starts back with horror_).