back in her room, clémentine admonishes herself for her acceptance of le magnifique's offer ("ah! que je me sens coupable!") and recounts the events to alix. laurence returns and informs them that le magnifique is on his way back to the house and is bringing horace with him. clémentine leaves the room while alix and laurence sing of their joy of being together again ("te voilá donc"). as they finish their duet, fabio enters to tell alix that aldorandin has gone to get a notary so he might marry clémentine without further delay, but when he sees laurence he suddenly runs away with laurence following in hot pursuit. alix, frustrated with her husband's sudden and unexplained departure, attributes it to jealously ("o ciel! quel air de couroux"). she goes out to look for him while clémentine sings of her excitement for being reunited with her father and her hopes that he will give her his blessing to marry le magnifique ("jour heureux!"). alix returns and tells clémentine to go to her room and wait to be called by her father.