in time.
Rodolphe
They’re already far away. Now it’s a question of finding an honest way to leave here.
Baptiste
Ah! My God! Monsieur Million seems so agitated.
Rodolphe
Heavens, he’s alone.
Baptiste
It’s true. Here he is.
Durandin (coming in from the right)
Ah! My friend! My dear nephew.
Rodolphe
What’s the matter with you, Uncle?
Durandin
What an adventure! Madame de Rouvre—
Rodolphe
You are terrifying me!
Durandin
Getting out of the carriage—she sprained her ankle.
Rodolphe
Where is she?
Durandin
At the Lion Inn—a terrible inn.
Rodolphe (aside)
Ah! Now, there’s my way out. (aloud, uneasily) What! Madame de Rouvre will be deprived of those thousand little nothings to which she’s become accustomed! Uncle, I am taking your carriage.
(Rodolphe passes near Baptiste.)
Durandin (aside)
He’s going there.
Rodolphe (to Baptiste)
Ah! Baptiste—a suitcase, some linen, plates, my books to distract her—don’t forget anything. (low) Don’t forget my pipes.
Baptiste
Where are we going?
Rodolphe (low)
To Bohemia. (aloud) Go—run!
(Baptiste leaves by the right.)
Rodolphe (to Durandin)
Goodbye, Uncle.
Durandin
Goodbye, my boy.
(Rodolphe leaves quickly by the right.)
Durandin (alone, rubbing his hands)
The trick succeeded. Now we know what we’ve got. He loves her like a madman. It’s true what they say—what a woman wants, God wants. (a carriage can be heard leaving) Gone already!
Chorus (heard from off)
Our future must shine
In the sun of our twenty years.
Let’s love and sing together,
Youth is too short.
Durandin
What’s that? (runs to the back and looks over the balustrade) Ah! My God, he tricked me.
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