 Nazorkoff was apparently so involved with her performance that she really did stab Bréon.Blanche knows differently though and she tells how she has realised that Nazorkoff was in fact Capelli, who has waited years for her revenge on the man who let her lover die – the story of Tosca has come to life.As the police take Nazorkoff away, she quotes another line from opera – "La commedia e finite!"