ACTE lY. SCÈNES I. II

Spain immediately on a mission to Holland, and leaves the King under tlie impression tliat she will return his love wlieu Roger lias left Madrid. Roger, liaviug been unable to gain access to Charlotte's présence, plots with Dubouloy to take lier away from Spain by force, and déclares to the King that he will défend Charlotte even against him, at the risk of losing his o^vti liberty. After the King's departure Charlotte tells Roger that the cancelment of their marriage was a feint, that she loves him, lias obtained a mission for him in order to leave Spain with him, and they are preparing to départ together. But their departure for Holland is suddenly l>revented bj' an officer of the King, who, nnder tlie preteuce of punishing St. Hérem, after annulling his mission to Holland seuds instead a royal order to escort St. Hérem and his wife to the Spanish frontier, and a royal patent of nobility for Dubouloy, granted at his wife's solicitation. The carriage affording only room for three, Dubouloy is only too happy under the circumstances to obtain his title as a Baron by returning to France with his wife, tliough he bas to sit beside the coachman.