ACT IV.



The Cadets of Gascony.



Post occupied by company of Carbon de Castel-Jaloux at the siege of Arras.



In the background an embankment across the whole stage.  Beyond, view of plain

extending to the horizon.  The country covered with intrenchments.  The walls

of Arras and the outlines of its roofs against the sky in the distance. 

Tents.  Arms strewn about, drums, etc.  Day is breaking with a faint glimmer

of yellow sunrise in the east.  Sentinels at different points.  Watch-fires. 

The cadets of Gascony, wrapped in their mantles, are sleeping.  Carbon de

Castel-Jaloux and Le Bret are keeping watch.  They are very pale and thin. 

Christian sleeps among the others in his cloak in the foreground, his face

illuminated by the fire.  Silence.