Ogre. Eh?
Beauty. Come. Help me hold him up.
Tony. No, no, thank you. He might come to and give me the first bite.
Beauty. Mercy! What a husband! What a husband!
Prince. [Outside] Hello there! In the house! Is nobody there, I say?
Tony. What do I hear? My master! The Prince! Then nothing has happened to him!
Prince. Let me in! Open! Hello in the house!
Beauty. Coming… I am coming. Hold him up while I am gone. Do me the favor… [The Beauty goes out.
Tony. I ought to prevent the Prince from coming in. When the Ogre sees how young he is—and how tender! Uy! Who would have thought that he weighed so much? No wonder, with a calf and a pig inside together, not counting the vegetables… [Seeing the Prince enter, he runs to meet him, letting the Ogre fall] Master! Master!… Cataplum! The tower falls down!
The Beauty, the Prince, the Old Woman, and the Tutor enter.
Beauty. What have you done? You have dropped my husband!
Prince. Oh, my good Tony!
The Beauty leads the Ogre out.
Tony. Master! Master! Tell me what has happened to you. How did you come out of your adventure? Did that thorny path lead to some enchanted palace? Is this the good fairy who has taken you under her wing?
Prince. I don't know, Tony. I only know that we escaped by a miracle from some highwaymen who wanted to
