Men are so stupid!
BERGAMIN. Very sensible. But I had an idea-- [Taking out his
watch] Now we must see about the contract. [Offering his hand
to SYLVETTE] We are still good friends?
SYLVETTE. Of course!
BERGAMIN. [Turning about once more before he goes out] You don't
blame me, do you?
SYLVETTE. [Sweetly] Not in the least! [BERGAMIN and PASQUINOT
go out. As they leave, SYLVETTE burst into a rage.] How I hate
that Monsieur Bergamin!
[Enter PERCINET.]
PERCINET. Still here? Ah, I see; you did not want to leave this
sacred spot--
SYLVETTE. [Sitting on the bench to the left] Outrageous!
PERCINET. There is where you saw me, like Amadis, put to flight
thirty of the ruffians!
SYLVETTE. No: ten!
PERCINET. [Going to her] Dearest, what is the matter? Are you
troubled? Your eyes are not so bright as they were. I know!
This marvelous place makes you sad sometimes. Are you sad because
our balcony--our Verona balcony--is destroyed?
SYLVETTE. [Impatiently] Oh, dear!
PERCINET. But does not the wall still exist in our memories? That
wall which cradled our love--
SYLVETTE. [Aside:] Will he never end!
PERCINET. You remember not long ago, you said our story should
be put into a poem?
SYLVETTE.
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