horace returns with le magnifique and sends for his daughter. the two joyously reunite, and horace promises clémentine that they will never be parted again. when aldorandin returns with the notary, he attempts to embrace horace, but is rebuked as horace demands to know why aldorandin never responded to the letters he sent during his captivity. aldorandin claims to have received none and insists that the care he provided to horace's daughter and estate should be proof enough of his loyalty. at that moment, laurence returns, dragging fabio in by the scruff of the neck ("ne me bats pas"). he forces fabio to admit that, on the orders of aldorandin, he sold horace and laurence into slavery. aldorandin is dismissed from the house and horace gives his blessing to the marriage of clémentine and le magnifique. the opera ends with everyone singing of the joys of bing a reunited family, with the exception of fabio who sings of his intentions to flee.