SYLVETTE. Then perhaps you suspected--?
PASQUINOT. Of course we did.
SYLVETTE. Our meetings?
BERGAMIN. I heard you every time!
SYLVETTE. But the benches?
PASQUINOT. We put them there on purpose.
SYLVETTE. The duel?
BERGAMIN. A trick--prepared beforehand.
SYLVETTE. The bravadoes?
PASQUINOT. Actors!
SYLVETTE. Then my abduction--? It was all a joke!
BERGAMIN. [Searching in his pocket] Joke? Here's the bill!
SYLVETTE. [Snatching the bill from him] Give it to me! [She
reads] "Straforel, Confidential affairs: One abduction, setting
and scenery--for purposes of bringing about a marriage--" Oh!
"Eight assistants at five francs a head; eight masks--"
BERGAMIN. [To PASQUINOT] I think we told her too soon!
SYLVETTE. [Continuing] "One sedan-chair, with porters; latest
style, with red trimmings--" [Laughing, she throws the bill on the
table.]
PASQUINOT. Then she isn't angry?
SYLVETTE. [Graciously] A charming idea! But, truly, Monsieur
Bergamin, do you think I love Percinet merely because of your trick?
PASQUINOT. She takes it very well.
BERGAMIN. [To SYLVETTE] You're not offended?
PASQUINOT. Are you going to tell Percinet?
SYLVETTE. Oh, no.
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