[Aside] Ha, ha!
PERCINET. Yes, fate has been with us!
BERGAMIN. [Aside] Ha, ha!
SYLVETTE. And to-night the marriage-contract is to be signed!
PERCINET. I must have musicians.
SYLVETTE. Then go quick.
PERCINET. I fly!
SYLVETTE. [Calling him back] I'll take you as far as the gate.
[They go up-stage, arm in arm.] We are at least as great as the
most celebrated lovers.
PERCINET. We shall take our place with Romeo and Juliet!
SYLVETTE. Aminta and her shepherd.
PERCINET. Pyramus and Thisbe.
SYLVETTE. And so many others! [They disappear, but their voices
are heard outside.]
Voice of PERCINET. Francesca and Paolo.
Voice of SYLVETTE. Petrarch and Laura.
[BERGAMIN and PASQUINOT emerge.]
PASQUINOT. See how well your plan has succeeded! Our children
are quite mad, thanks to you!
BERGAMIN. Your daughter, with her famous abduction, is most
aggravating.
PASQUINOT. Your son thinks he is a hero. He gets on my nerves.
BERGAMIN. But the worst of it all is that they think we are two
idiotic old fools whom they have deceived. I don't like it at all.
PASQUINOT. Why didn't you think of it before, wise man? I'm going
to tell them everything.
BERGAMIN. No, please don't do that--at least not until after the
signing of the contract.
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