SCENE X.

JEANNETTE, COLIN.

COLIN.

As soon as I was warned, I ran over.

Air: Is it not that I love?

Could you doubt for a moment

Of my extreme ardor,

And of my tender eagerness

To serve what I love?

JEANNETTE.

I have much news to tell you.

COLIN.

And I have many fears to communicate to you.

JEANNETTE.

You know the misfortune that threatens us.

COLIN.

Is it true that they want to separate us?

JEANNETTE.

Alas! yes. Are you in despair about it?

COLIN.

I am penetrated with grief.

JEANNETTE.

It is my aunt Claudine, that wicked woman,
who is playing this trick on us to marry you herself.
Would you consent to it?

COLIN.

Me! I would rather die than belong to anyone other than my
dear Jeannette. But who is the husband they are proposing
to you?

JEANNETTE.

It is Monsieur la Bride, the Coachman of the Castle.

COLIN.

My uncle!